google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

phi-3.5-mini-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 55

Hardware Fit

35 vs 100

Quality Score

86 vs 36

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b phi-3.5-mini-instr…

MachineMac miniMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM24 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b phi-3.5-mini-instr…

Tokens/sec5.943.4

First chunk19 ms359 ms

TTFT1.8 s359 ms

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage22.0 GB2.0 GB

Memory %92%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

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

phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

4/20

Instruction

7/20

Structured

1/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

6/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate

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