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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

glm4:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

chatglm · 9.4B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 76
Hardware Fit
56 vs 88
Quality Score
87 vs 71

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx glm4:9b
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 glm4:9b
Tokens/sec10.819.0
First chunk8 ms290 ms
TTFT2.6 s290 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB8.1 GB
Memory %66%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

glm4:9b

Speed
38/50
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

glm4:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest