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gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
76 vs 70
Hardware Fit
51 vs 93
Quality Score
87 vs 60

Hardware

gemma-3-27b-it-qat qwen3.5-2b-mlx
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 qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec8.932.9
First chunk3976 ms3096 ms
TTFT4.0 s3.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.7 GB2.5 GB
Memory %25%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

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

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
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

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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