qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
llama3.2:1b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.2B · Q8_0
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
59 vs 63
Hardware Fit
63 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 47
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx llama3.2:1b
MachineMacBook ProNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M5 MaxCortex-A78AE
Cores186
RAM64 GB7 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx llama3.2:1b
Tokens/sec18.340.2
First chunk4 ms1087 ms
TTFT530 ms1.1 s
Load timeN/A6.2 s
Memory usage38.5 GB1.4 GB
Memory %60%19%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
llama3.2:1b
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
llama3.2:1b
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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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