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hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-IQ2_XXS

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · unknown

Not Rec.

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
31 vs 59
Hardware Fit
37 vs 63
Quality Score
28 vs 58

Hardware

hf.co/unsloth/Qwen… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

hf.co/unsloth/Qwen… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec5.418.3
First chunk5076 ms4 ms
TTFT5.1 s530 ms
Load time0.3 sN/A
Memory usage11.6 GB38.5 GB
Memory %72%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-2…

Speed
13/50
TTFT
10/20
Memory
14/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30

Quality

hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-2…

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
1/20
Structured
1/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

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