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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
83 vs 80
Hardware Fit
68 vs 62
Quality Score
90 vs 88

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M4 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1616
RAM128 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec27.610.6
First chunk10 ms52 ms
TTFT4.6 s3.2 s
Load timeN/A7.6 s
Memory usage21.0 GB1.1 GB
Memory %16%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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