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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q8_0

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
83 vs 80
Hardware Fit
68 vs 79
Quality Score
90 vs 81

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4 MaxCortex-X925
Cores1620
RAM128 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
Tokens/sec27.655.5
First chunk10 ms528 ms
TTFT4.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A32.6 s
Memory usage21.0 GB41.0 GB
Memory %16%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
10/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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