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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E4B-it-GGUF:Q4_K_M

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 7.52B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 87
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 82

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx hf.co/unsloth/gemm…
Tokens/sec18.335.0
First chunk4 ms204 ms
TTFT530 ms204 ms
Load timeN/A3.9 s
Memory usage38.5 GB4.9 GB
Memory %60%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

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

hf.co/unsloth/gemma-4-E…

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
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

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest