qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
qwen3:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Global Score
59 vs 72
Hardware Fit
63 vs 92
Quality Score
58 vs 63
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1832
RAM64 GB125 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 27.0Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3:1.7b
Tokens/sec18.3120.7
First chunk4 ms93 ms
TTFT530 ms1.5 s
Load timeN/A2.5 s
Memory usage38.5 GB5.8 GB
Memory %60%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
qwen3:1.7b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
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
qwen3:1.7b
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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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