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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

codegemma:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma · 9B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
59 vs 71
Hardware Fit
63 vs 91
Quality Score
58 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx codegemma:7b
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 codegemma:7b
Tokens/sec18.318.7
First chunk4 msN/A
TTFT530 ms320 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage38.5 GB8.7 GB
Memory %60%27%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

codegemma:7b

Speed
31/50
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

codegemma:7b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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