qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
80 vs 60
Hardware Fit
63 vs 96
Quality Score
87 vs 44
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-claude… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-claude… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.0108.0
First chunk20 ms2568 ms
TTFT4.5 s2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage15.7 GB1.0 GB
Memory %12%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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