qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M
Oct 11, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Global Score
59 vs 79
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 70
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1812
RAM64 GB8 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
Tokens/sec18.3188.0
First chunk4 ms108 ms
TTFT530 ms1.2 s
Load timeN/A7.5 s
Memory usage38.5 GB1.6 GB
Memory %60%21%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3:1.7b
Speed
50/50
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
qwen3:1.7b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest