qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 71
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
Cores1810
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec18.336.2
First chunk4 msN/A
TTFT530 ms190 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage38.5 GB8.3 GB
Memory %60%26%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest