qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

google/gemma-3-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma3 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

66 vs 71

Hardware Fit

91 vs 35

Quality Score

55 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx google/gemma-3-27b

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 google/gemma-3-27b

Tokens/sec33.25.9

First chunk7 ms19 ms

TTFT311 ms1.8 s

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage0.5 GB22.0 GB

Memory %1%92%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed

41/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

google/gemma-3-27b

Speed

12/50

TTFT

19/20

Memory

4/30

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

google/gemma-3-27b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

16/20

Structured

15/15

Math

11/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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