qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN27B
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
ministral-3:3b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
66 vs 71
Hardware Fit
91 vs 99
Quality Score
55 vs 59
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx ministral-3:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx ministral-3:3b
Tokens/sec33.242.2
First chunk7 ms189 ms
TTFT311 ms189 ms
Load timeN/A1.2 s
Memory usage0.5 GB7.0 GB
Memory %1%22%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
ministral-3:3b
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest