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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
20 vs 90
Hardware Fit
34 vs 78
Quality Score
14 vs 95

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b gemma4:e4b-mlx
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:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.646.1
First chunk1344 ms284 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.9 s
Load time0.2 s0.1 s
Memory usage18.1 GB10.8 GB
Memory %75%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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