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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
87 vs 81
Hardware Fit
83 vs 98
Quality Score
88 vs 74

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1612
RAM128 GB8 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec29.193.7
First chunk9 ms249 ms
TTFT650 ms249 ms
Load timeN/A10.1 s
Memory usage21.0 GB2.9 GB
Memory %16%38%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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