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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

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

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1012
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
OSmacOS 15.6.1Microsoft Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec10.85.3
First chunk8 ms1624 ms
TTFT2.6 s1.6 s
Load timeN/A4.0 s
Memory usage21.0 GB7.9 GB
Memory %66%50%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
11/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30

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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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