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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.8:27b-bf16

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · BF16

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 85
Hardware Fit
63 vs 77
Quality Score
58 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-bf16
MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge XE8545
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Cores18128
RAM64 GB1007 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxGA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller, GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB]
OSmacOS 27.0Rocky Linux 8.10
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-bf16
Tokens/sec18.327.2
First chunk4 ms237 ms
TTFT530 ms237 ms
Load timeN/A43.8 s
Memory usage38.5 GB68.8 GB
Memory %60%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b-bf16

Speed
27/50
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

qwen3.8:27b-bf16

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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