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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 84
Hardware Fit
52 vs 94
Quality Score
92 vs 80

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1610
RAM128 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.125.0
First chunk14 ms357 ms
TTFT5.8 s357 ms
Load time8.5 s3.8 s
Memory usage0.0 GB8.4 GB
Memory %0%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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