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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

minimax-m2.7:cloud

OLLAMA GGUF

minimax

Not Rec.

Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 74
Hardware Fit
56 vs 34
Quality Score
87 vs 91

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx minimax-m2.7:cloud
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx minimax-m2.7:cloud
Tokens/sec10.80.0
First chunk8 ms7588 ms
TTFT2.6 s11.4 s
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage21.0 GB0.7 GB
Memory %66%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

minimax-m2.7:cloud

Speed
0/50
TTFT
4/20
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

minimax-m2.7:cloud

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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