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gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

dolphin3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 74
Hardware Fit
51 vs 92
Quality Score
87 vs 66

Hardware

gemma-3-27b-it-qat dolphin3:8b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-3-27b-it-qat dolphin3:8b
Tokens/sec8.921.0
First chunk3976 ms314 ms
TTFT4.0 s314 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage15.7 GB10.4 GB
Memory %25%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Speed
12/50
TTFT
9/20
Memory
30/30

dolphin3:8b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

dolphin3:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest