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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

google/gemma-4-12b-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 12B · Q4_0

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 92
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx google/gemma-4-12b…
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E51
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 9700X 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, AMD Radeon(TM) Graphics
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec18.390.7
First chunk4 ms26 ms
TTFT530 ms127 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB6.7 GB
Memory %60%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

google/gemma-4-12b-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

google/gemma-4-12b-qat

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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