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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor

Global Score
66 vs 89
Hardware Fit
91 vs 88
Quality Score
55 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge XE8545
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Cores18128
RAM64 GB1007 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxGA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller, GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB]
OSmacOS 27.0Rocky Linux 8.10
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
Tokens/sec33.240.0
First chunk7 ms177 ms
TTFT311 ms177 ms
Load timeN/A24.7 s
Memory usage0.5 GB51.0 GB
Memory %1%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Speed
38/50
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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
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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