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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-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
20 vs 71
Hardware Fit
34 vs 76
Quality Score
14 vs 69

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.625.0
First chunk1344 ms787 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time0.2 s4.0 s
Memory usage18.1 GB7.1 GB
Memory %75%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest