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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
80 vs 64
Hardware Fit
52 vs 69
Quality Score
92 vs 62

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4 MaxIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores168
RAM128 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec16.17.4
First chunk14 ms1815 ms
TTFT5.8 s1.8 s
Load time8.5 s10.9 s
Memory usage0.0 GB3.5 GB
Memory %0%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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