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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
59 vs 83
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
MachineMacBook ProMac Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1812
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec18.362.7
First chunk4 ms278 ms
TTFT530 ms278 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %60%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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