qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 2.7B · unknown
Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
87 vs 61
Hardware Fit
83 vs 97
Quality Score
88 vs 46
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM…
Tokens/sec29.131.4
First chunk9 ms138 ms
TTFT650 ms138 ms
Load timeN/A3.7 s
Memory usage21.0 GB6.6 GB
Memory %16%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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