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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-E2B-it-GGUF:UD-Q8_K_XL

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 4.65B · unknown

Excellent

Aug 23, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 84
Hardware Fit
63 vs 99
Quality Score
58 vs 77

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/sec18.348.0
First chunk4 ms167 ms
TTFT530 ms167 ms
Load timeN/A4.7 s
Memory usage38.5 GB5.3 GB
Memory %60%33%

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
29/30

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
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate 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