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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

May 27, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 76
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B79
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
Cores1812
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Famille 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec18.357.0
First chunk4 ms264 ms
TTFT530 ms264 ms
Load timeN/A9.7 s
Memory usage38.5 GB2.6 GB
Memory %60%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

llama3.2:latest

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

llama3.2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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