qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Sep 29, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
78 vs 83
Hardware Fit
56 vs 80
Quality Score
87 vs 84
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.8-27b-mlx openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec10.8138.4
First chunk8 ms3 ms
TTFT2.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB0.5 GB
Memory %66%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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