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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

orca-mini:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
20 vs 47
Hardware Fit
34 vs 100
Quality Score
14 vs 24

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b orca-mini:3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec10.630.6
First chunk1344 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s126 ms
Load time0.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage18.1 GB2.6 GB
Memory %75%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

orca-mini:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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