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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
59 vs 76
Hardware Fit
63 vs 46
Quality Score
58 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec18.322.4
First chunk4 ms565 ms
TTFT530 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage38.5 GB43.9 GB
Memory %60%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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