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qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
73 vs 59
Hardware Fit
47 vs 63
Quality Score
84 vs 58

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineDocker ContainerMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM15 GB64 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 27.0
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec5.618.3
First chunk19 ms4 ms
TTFT5.6 s530 ms
Load time12.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %0%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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
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