qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN27B
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
66 vs 66
Hardware Fit
91 vs 34
Quality Score
55 vs 79
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec33.23.8
First chunk7 ms1637 ms
TTFT311 ms1.6 s
Load timeN/A17.0 s
Memory usage0.5 GB21.3 GB
Memory %1%89%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
8/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
6/30
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
qwen3.5:27b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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