qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
80 vs 60
Hardware Fit
52 vs 96
Quality Score
92 vs 44
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
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 qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.1108.0
First chunk14 ms2568 ms
TTFT5.8 s2.6 s
Load time8.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB1.0 GB
Memory %0%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
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
qwen3.5-0.8b-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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