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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

lfm2-24b-a2b

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 78
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 68

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec18.3105.9
First chunk4 ms252 ms
TTFT530 ms252 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB0.1 GB
Memory %60%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

lfm2-24b-a2b

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

lfm2-24b-a2b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest