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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

lfm2.5:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 11, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-8350U

Global Score
59 vs 73
Hardware Fit
63 vs 93
Quality Score
58 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5:latest
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20L7CTO1WW
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i5-8350U
Cores188
RAM64 GB23 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxKaby Lake-R GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]
OSmacOS 27.0Fedora Linux 44
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx lfm2.5:latest
Tokens/sec18.318.3
First chunk4 ms981 ms
TTFT530 ms981 ms
Load timeN/A8.0 s
Memory usage38.5 GB4.9 GB
Memory %60%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

lfm2.5:latest

Speed
43/50
TTFT
20/20
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

lfm2.5:latest

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest