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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncensored-hauhaucs-aggressive

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
59 vs 71
Hardware Fit
63 vs 92
Quality Score
58 vs 62

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMac Studio
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1812
RAM64 GB96 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec18.359.8
First chunk4 ms5 ms
TTFT530 ms2.4 s
Load timeN/A8.5 s
Memory usage38.5 GB0.4 GB
Memory %60%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncenso…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-uncenso…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
6/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate

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