qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen3 · 4B · Q4_1
Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max
Global Score
59 vs 65
Hardware Fit
63 vs 96
Quality Score
58 vs 51
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p…
MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1812
RAM64 GB96 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-p…
Tokens/sec18.399.6
First chunk4 ms18 ms
TTFT530 ms1.6 s
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage38.5 GB0.3 GB
Memory %60%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
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
qwen3-4b-qwen3.6-plus-r…
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
9/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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