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qwen/qwen3.6-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
80 vs 84
Hardware Fit
56 vs 69
Quality Score
90 vs 90

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-27b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-27b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec10.828.9
First chunk16 ms33 ms
TTFT2.6 s4.4 s
Load timeN/A7.9 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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
6/20
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

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

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