qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 2.7B · unknown
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 61
Hardware Fit
63 vs 97
Quality Score
58 vs 46
Hardware
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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1810
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec18.331.3
First chunk4 ms131 ms
TTFT530 ms131 ms
Load timeN/A4.2 s
Memory usage38.5 GB6.6 GB
Memory %60%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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