qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL
Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Global Score
59 vs 73
Hardware Fit
63 vs 47
Quality Score
58 vs 84
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
MachineMacBook ProDocker Container
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1816
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Tokens/sec18.35.6
First chunk4 ms19 ms
TTFT530 ms5.6 s
Load timeN/A12.5 s
Memory usage38.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %60%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
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
qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest