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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 16, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-4771

Global Score
66 vs 65
Hardware Fit
91 vs 92
Quality Score
55 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProiMac
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i7-4771
Cores188
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 15.7.3
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec33.219.6
First chunk7 ms690 ms
TTFT311 ms690 ms
Load timeN/A21.4 s
Memory usage0.5 GB1.0 GB
Memory %1%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
42/50
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest