qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 64
Hardware Fit
52 vs 100
Quality Score
92 vs 48
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b microsoft/phi-4-mi…
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1614
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec16.190.3
First chunk14 ms198 ms
TTFT5.8 s198 ms
Load time8.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB2.0 GB
Memory %0%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
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
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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