qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
gpt-oss:20b
OLLAMA GGUFgptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 83
Hardware Fit
63 vs 65
Quality Score
58 vs 90
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec18.317.1
First chunk4 ms705 ms
TTFT530 ms10.2 s
Load timeN/A23.1 s
Memory usage38.5 GB13.1 GB
Memory %60%55%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
gpt-oss:20b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
23/30
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
gpt-oss:20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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