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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Kimi-48B:48B

OLLAMA GGUF

kimi-linear · 49.1B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )

Global Score
87 vs 90
Hardware Fit
83 vs 96
Quality Score
88 vs 88

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b Kimi-48B:48B
MachineMacBook ProHP HyperX OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-ga0xxx5CD612DXML
CPUApple M4 MaxNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )
Cores1620
RAM128 GB55 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU), NVIDIA NPU
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.28000
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b Kimi-48B:48B
Tokens/sec29.162.7
First chunk9 ms397 ms
TTFT650 ms397 ms
Load timeN/A16.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB25.5 GB
Memory %16%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

Kimi-48B:48B

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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

Kimi-48B:48B

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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