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qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusion-f711-gain-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · MXFP4

Excellent

Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
88 vs 72
Hardware Fit
70 vs 89
Quality Score
96 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-fable-… qwen3.5-9b
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

qwen3.8-27b-fable-… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec30.428.9
First chunk27 ms338 ms
TTFT4.4 s338 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage19.9 GB6.1 GB
Memory %16%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…

Speed
34/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
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

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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