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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
71 vs 90
Hardware Fit
35 vs 78
Quality Score
86 vs 95

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec5.946.1
First chunk19 ms284 ms
TTFT1.8 s3.9 s
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage22.0 GB10.8 GB
Memory %92%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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