qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
87 vs 81
Hardware Fit
85 vs 68
Quality Score
88 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec45.716.4
First chunk17 ms5 ms
TTFT390 ms742 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage22.4 GB38.5 GB
Memory %70%30%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
17/20
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
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