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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 5, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700K

Global Score
78 vs 77
Hardware Fit
56 vs 75
Quality Score
87 vs 78

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Cores1024
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
OSmacOS 15.6.1Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec10.830.5
First chunk8 ms291 ms
TTFT2.6 s291 ms
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB8.8 GB
Memory %66%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
21/30

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
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate 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