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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Jul 3, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
59 vs 94
Hardware Fit
63 vs 91
Quality Score
58 vs 95

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProFramework Desktop (AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 Series)
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1832
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxAMD Radeon(TM) 8060S Graphics
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec18.348.0
First chunk4 ms357 ms
TTFT530 ms2.3 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage38.5 GB16.4 GB
Memory %60%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
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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