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gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 59
Hardware Fit
51 vs 69
Quality Score
87 vs 54

Hardware

gemma-3-27b-it-qat qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-3-27b-it-qat qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec8.930.5
First chunk3976 ms333 ms
TTFT4.0 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A9.8 s
Memory usage15.7 GB25.1 GB
Memory %25%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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