granite4.2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M
Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
80 vs 68
Quality Score
80 vs 87
Hardware
granite4.2:3b 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
granite4.2:3b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec46.816.4
First chunk135 ms5 ms
TTFT135 ms742 ms
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage12.7 GB38.5 GB
Memory %79%30%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
granite4.2:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
granite4.2:3b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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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