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gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
90 vs 71
Hardware Fit
78 vs 35
Quality Score
95 vs 86

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-mlx google/gemma-3-27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-mlx google/gemma-3-27b
Tokens/sec46.15.9
First chunk284 ms19 ms
TTFT3.9 s1.8 s
Load time0.1 sN/A
Memory usage10.8 GB22.0 GB
Memory %68%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-mlx

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed
12/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
4/30

Quality

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

google/gemma-3-27b

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