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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:9b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q8_0

Excellent

Sep 15, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-14400F

Global Score
81 vs 86
Hardware Fit
68 vs 100
Quality Score
87 vs 80

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProGigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B760 AORUS ELITE AX DDR4
CPUApple M4 MaxIntel Core™ i5-14400F
Cores1616
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Professionnel 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b-q8_0
Tokens/sec16.437.7
First chunk5 ms120 ms
TTFT742 ms120 ms
Load timeN/A8.3 s
Memory usage38.5 GB8.4 GB
Memory %30%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5:9b-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5:9b-q8_0

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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