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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen2.5-coder-7b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 7B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 79
Hardware Fit
91 vs 92
Quality Score
55 vs 73

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec33.222.5
First chunk7 ms529 ms
TTFT311 ms529 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB4.0 GB
Memory %1%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5-coder-7b-instru…

Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

qwen2.5-coder-7b-instru…

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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