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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

codegemma:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma · 9B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
81 vs 71
Hardware Fit
68 vs 91
Quality Score
87 vs 62

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b codegemma:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b codegemma:7b
Tokens/sec16.418.7
First chunk5 msN/A
TTFT742 ms320 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage38.5 GB8.7 GB
Memory %30%27%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

codegemma:7b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
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

codegemma:7b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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