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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
20 vs 89
Hardware Fit
34 vs 88
Quality Score
14 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b gemma4:12b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec10.618.4
First chunk1344 ms758 ms
TTFT30.0 s758 ms
Load time0.2 s0.3 s
Memory usage18.1 GB7.5 GB
Memory %75%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

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

gemma4:12b

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

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

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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