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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 85
Hardware Fit
63 vs 95
Quality Score
58 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.347.3
First chunk4 ms258 ms
TTFT530 ms258 ms
Load timeN/A5.1 s
Memory usage38.5 GB7.9 GB
Memory %60%49%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest