qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
gpt-oss:20b
OLLAMA GGUFgptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-X925
Global Score
59 vs 92
Hardware Fit
63 vs 86
Quality Score
58 vs 95
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-X925
Cores1820
RAM64 GB122 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec18.360.7
First chunk4 ms542 ms
TTFT530 ms3.2 s
Load timeN/A12.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB12.0 GB
Memory %60%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
gpt-oss:20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
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
gpt-oss:20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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