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gemma-3-27b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 90
Hardware Fit
51 vs 78
Quality Score
87 vs 95

Hardware

gemma-3-27b-it-qat gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-3-27b-it-qat gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec8.946.1
First chunk3976 ms284 ms
TTFT4.0 s3.9 s
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage15.7 GB10.8 GB
Memory %25%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-3-27b-it-qat

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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