qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
83 vs 59
Hardware Fit
68 vs 63
Quality Score
90 vs 58
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec27.618.3
First chunk10 ms4 ms
TTFT4.6 s530 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage21.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %16%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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