qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Global Score
59 vs 71
Hardware Fit
63 vs 56
Quality Score
58 vs 78
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1812
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec18.35.3
First chunk4 ms1624 ms
TTFT530 ms1.6 s
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB7.9 GB
Memory %60%50%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3.5:9b
Speed
11/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30
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
qwen3.5:9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest