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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3-coder:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jun 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
81 vs 89
Hardware Fit
68 vs 96
Quality Score
87 vs 86

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3-coder:30b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1616
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3-coder:30b
Tokens/sec16.489.9
First chunk5 ms188 ms
TTFT742 ms188 ms
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB30.2 GB
Memory %30%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3-coder:30b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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-coder:30b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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