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google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
71 vs 77
Hardware Fit
35 vs 59
Quality Score
86 vs 84

Hardware

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:12b
MachineMac miniASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM24 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

google/gemma-3-27b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec5.926.8
First chunk19 ms632 ms
TTFT1.8 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.4 s
Memory usage22.0 GB9.3 GB
Memory %92%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-27b

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

gemma4:12b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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