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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.6-27b-mtp-pi-reasoning

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 85
Hardware Fit
63 vs 80
Quality Score
58 vs 87

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1816
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 27.0cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

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Tokens/sec18.342.2
First chunk4 ms33 ms
TTFT530 ms366 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage38.5 GB24.6 GB
Memory %60%81%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.6-27b-mtp-pi-reas…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

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

qwen3.6-27b-mtp-pi-reas…

Reasoning
16/20
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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$ metrillm

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