qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
mistral:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7.2B · Q4_0
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 72
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 60
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx mistral:latest
MachineMacBook ProMac Mini
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1814
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx mistral:latest
Tokens/sec18.354.3
First chunk4 msN/A
TTFT530 ms124 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB9.9 GB
Memory %60%15%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
mistral: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
mistral:latest
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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