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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen3moe · 30B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 5, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
66 vs 89
Hardware Fit
91 vs 84
Quality Score
55 vs 91

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 27.0cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

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Tokens/sec33.2104.5
First chunk7 ms5 ms
TTFT311 ms163 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB22.1 GB
Memory %1%73%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30

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

qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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