qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
GPT-20B:20b
OLLAMA GGUFgptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4
Aug 22, 2026 · NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )
Global Score
59 vs 93
Hardware Fit
63 vs 91
Quality Score
58 vs 94
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx GPT-20B:20b
MachineMacBook ProHP HyperX OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-ga0xxx5CD612DXML
CPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )
Cores1820
RAM64 GB55 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU), NVIDIA NPU
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.28000
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx GPT-20B:20b
Tokens/sec18.357.8
First chunk4 ms203 ms
TTFT530 ms3.0 s
Load timeN/A19.2 s
Memory usage38.5 GB12.0 GB
Memory %60%22%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
GPT-20B:20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
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-20B:20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
18/20
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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