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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q4_K_M

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jul 31, 2026 · Intel Core™ i9-14900K

Global Score
59 vs 79
Hardware Fit
63 vs 62
Quality Score
58 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q4…
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/sec18.316.4
First chunk4 ms787 ms
TTFT530 ms787 ms
Load timeN/A19.3 s
Memory usage38.5 GB21.8 GB
Memory %60%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q4_K_M

Speed
15/50
TTFT
17/20
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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q4_K_M

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
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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