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qwen/qwen3.6-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL

Good

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

Global Score
80 vs 73
Hardware Fit
56 vs 47
Quality Score
90 vs 84

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-27b qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.6.1Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-27b qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Tokens/sec10.85.6
First chunk16 ms19 ms
TTFT2.6 s5.6 s
Load timeN/A12.5 s
Memory usage21.0 GB0.0 GB
Memory %66%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

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