qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
83 vs 74
Hardware Fit
68 vs 84
Quality Score
90 vs 69
Hardware
qwen/qwen3.8-27b liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3.8-27b liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec27.651.8
First chunk10 ms10 ms
TTFT4.6 s503 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage21.0 GB17.5 GB
Memory %16%73%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
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
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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