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gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
88 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
83 vs 87

Hardware

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0 qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec27.816.4
First chunk204 ms5 ms
TTFT204 ms742 ms
Load time6.6 sN/A
Memory usage5.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %31%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
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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