qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
qwen3.5:4b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
81 vs 69
Hardware Fit
68 vs 85
Quality Score
87 vs 62
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec16.436.9
First chunk5 ms474 ms
TTFT742 ms6.9 s
Load timeN/A2.9 s
Memory usage38.5 GB5.3 GB
Memory %30%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
17/20
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
qwen3.5:4b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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