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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Sep 20, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
80 vs 80
Hardware Fit
52 vs 60
Quality Score
92 vs 88

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1616
RAM128 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec16.115.0
First chunk14 ms49 ms
TTFT5.8 s759 ms
Load time8.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB22.2 GB
Memory %0%71%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
25/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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