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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
66 vs 72
Hardware Fit
91 vs 35
Quality Score
55 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec33.28.3
First chunk7 ms32 ms
TTFT311 ms2.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.5 GB28.9 GB
Memory %1%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

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/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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