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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
66 vs 87
Hardware Fit
91 vs 82
Quality Score
55 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1816
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
Tokens/sec33.223.4
First chunk7 ms1073 ms
TTFT311 ms1.1 s
Load timeN/A16.0 s
Memory usage0.5 GB16.7 GB
Memory %1%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest