qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
81 vs 65
Hardware Fit
68 vs 88
Quality Score
87 vs 55
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-2b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1614
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.448.9
First chunk5 ms4208 ms
TTFT742 ms4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB1.6 GB
Memory %30%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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