qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
dolphin3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
78 vs 74
Hardware Fit
56 vs 92
Quality Score
87 vs 66
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx dolphin3:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx dolphin3:8b
Tokens/sec10.821.0
First chunk8 ms314 ms
TTFT2.6 s314 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB10.4 GB
Memory %66%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
dolphin3:8b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
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
dolphin3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate 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