qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-2507-q4_K_M
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M
Jul 31, 2026 · Intel Core™ i9-14900K
Global Score
59 vs 83
Hardware Fit
63 vs 70
Quality Score
58 vs 89
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3:30b-a3b-inst…
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7D98
CPUApple M5 MaxIntel Core™ i9-14900K
Cores1832
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntel(R) UHD Graphics 770, NVIDIA Quadro K4000
OSmacOS 27.0Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec18.321.0
First chunk4 ms473 ms
TTFT530 ms473 ms
Load timeN/A8.6 s
Memory usage38.5 GB17.7 GB
Memory %60%14%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-…
Speed
20/50
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
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-…
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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