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qwen/qwen3-8b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3 · 8B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
89 vs 87
Hardware Fit
95 vs 85
Quality Score
87 vs 88

Hardware

qwen/qwen3-8b qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3-8b qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
Tokens/sec33.445.7
First chunk257 ms17 ms
TTFT257 ms390 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage4.3 GB22.4 GB
Memory %7%70%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3-8b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3-8b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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

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