qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
80 vs 71
Hardware Fit
52 vs 76
Quality Score
92 vs 69
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b gemma4:12b-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 gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.125.0
First chunk14 ms787 ms
TTFT5.8 s30.0 s
Load time8.5 s4.0 s
Memory usage0.0 GB7.1 GB
Memory %0%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
26/30
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
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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