qwen3.5-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 60
Hardware Fit
54 vs 96
Quality Score
84 vs 44
Hardware
qwen3.5-27b qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-27b qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec6.6108.0
First chunk4364 ms2568 ms
TTFT4.4 s2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.0 GB1.0 GB
Memory %47%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-27b
Speed
13/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5-27b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest