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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Sep 6, 2026 · Intel Xeon® E5-4650 v2

Global Score
59 vs 81
Hardware Fit
63 vs 63
Quality Score
58 vs 88

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge R820
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Xeon® E5-4650 v2
Cores1880
RAM64 GB256 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxMicrosoft Remote Display Adapter, NVIDIA Tesla P4, NVIDIA Tesla P4, Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec18.317.2
First chunk4 ms845 ms
TTFT530 ms845 ms
Load timeN/A103.1 s
Memory usage38.5 GB21.9 GB
Memory %60%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Speed
16/50
TTFT
17/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest