qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
87 vs 75
Hardware Fit
83 vs 79
Quality Score
88 vs 73
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b phi4:14b
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 phi4:14b
Tokens/sec29.111.0
First chunk9 msN/A
TTFT650 ms532 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage21.0 GB13.4 GB
Memory %16%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
19/50
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
phi4:14b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest