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google/gemma-3-4b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 56
Quality Score
66 vs 87

Hardware

google/gemma-3-4b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

google/gemma-3-4b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec39.410.8
First chunk468 ms8 ms
TTFT468 ms2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.8 GB21.0 GB
Memory %9%66%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

google/gemma-3-4b

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

Quality

google/gemma-3-4b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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