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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-4.7-opus-reasoning-distilled-apex

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B

Not Rec.

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
81 vs 88
Hardware Fit
68 vs 80
Quality Score
87 vs 92

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6-35b-a3b-cl…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1616
RAM128 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6-35b-a3b-cl…
Tokens/sec16.476.7
First chunk5 ms29 ms
TTFT742 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB23.9 GB
Memory %30%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b-claude-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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