qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 60
Hardware Fit
63 vs 80
Quality Score
58 vs 52
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec18.3227.0
First chunk4 ms60 ms
TTFT530 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage38.5 GB2.6 GB
Memory %60%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest