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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
66 vs 89
Hardware Fit
91 vs 97
Quality Score
55 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1818
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec33.2130.2
First chunk7 ms5 ms
TTFT311 ms135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB26.6 GB
Memory %1%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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