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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
59 vs 81
Hardware Fit
63 vs 68
Quality Score
58 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec18.316.4
First chunk4 ms5 ms
TTFT530 ms742 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB38.5 GB
Memory %60%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
18/50
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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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