qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 68
Hardware Fit
63 vs 91
Quality Score
58 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.342.2
First chunk4 ms201 ms
TTFT530 ms4.4 s
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB3.8 GB
Memory %60%24%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest