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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
66 vs 60
Hardware Fit
91 vs 80
Quality Score
55 vs 52

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec33.2227.0
First chunk7 ms60 ms
TTFT311 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage0.5 GB2.6 GB
Memory %1%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest