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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
78 vs 93
Hardware Fit
56 vs 85
Quality Score
87 vs 96

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM32 GB125 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 15.6.1Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec10.847.1
First chunk8 ms320 ms
TTFT2.6 s1.8 s
Load timeN/A3.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB16.4 GB
Memory %66%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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