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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 22, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

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

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1632
RAM128 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec29.142.0
First chunk9 ms243 ms
TTFT650 ms243 ms
Load timeN/A9.7 s
Memory usage21.0 GB32.1 GB
Memory %16%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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