gemma4:e4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
90 vs 84
Hardware Fit
86 vs 69
Quality Score
92 vs 90
Hardware
gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:e4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec41.828.9
First chunk359 ms33 ms
TTFT4.2 s4.4 s
Load time5.1 s7.9 s
Memory usage7.9 GB0.0 GB
Memory %49%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
25/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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