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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
78 vs 89
Hardware Fit
56 vs 88
Quality Score
87 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec10.818.5
First chunk8 ms752 ms
TTFT2.6 s752 ms
Load timeN/A6.1 s
Memory usage21.0 GB7.5 GB
Memory %66%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30

gemma4:12b

Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

gemma4:12b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest