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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
78 vs 80
Hardware Fit
56 vs 77
Quality Score
87 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.8129.8
First chunk8 ms77 ms
TTFT2.6 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A1.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB19.7 GB
Memory %66%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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