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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen2.5-coder:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
87 vs 79
Hardware Fit
83 vs 95
Quality Score
88 vs 72

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen2.5-coder:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen2.5-coder:7b
Tokens/sec29.122.1
First chunk9 msN/A
TTFT650 ms285 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB7.6 GB
Memory %16%24%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5-coder:7b

Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
18/20
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

qwen2.5-coder:7b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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