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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

hermes3:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
78 vs 74
Hardware Fit
56 vs 94
Quality Score
87 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx hermes3:8b
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 hermes3:8b
Tokens/sec10.822.3
First chunk8 ms296 ms
TTFT2.6 s296 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB10.2 GB
Memory %66%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

hermes3:8b

Speed
44/50
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

hermes3:8b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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