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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_0

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
59 vs 82
Hardware Fit
63 vs 56
Quality Score
58 vs 93

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx google/gemma-4-26b…
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1816
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx google/gemma-4-26b…
Tokens/sec18.312.0
First chunk4 ms86 ms
TTFT530 ms2.8 s
Load timeN/A57.2 s
Memory usage38.5 GB9.1 GB
Memory %60%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-…

Speed
22/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
20/30

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

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-…

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
20/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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