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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Qwen3-30B:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
81 vs 88
Hardware Fit
68 vs 90
Quality Score
87 vs 87

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b Qwen3-30B:30b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M4 MaxIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1616
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b Qwen3-30B:30b
Tokens/sec16.431.3
First chunk5 ms560 ms
TTFT742 ms560 ms
Load timeN/A15.4 s
Memory usage38.5 GB17.7 GB
Memory %30%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Speed
40/50
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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Reasoning
16/20
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: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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