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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

GPT-20B:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Good

Aug 19, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
78 vs 79
Hardware Fit
56 vs 59
Quality Score
87 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx GPT-20B:20b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1016
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 15.6.1Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx GPT-20B:20b
Tokens/sec10.819.3
First chunk8 ms2004 ms
TTFT2.6 s10.4 s
Load timeN/A10.4 s
Memory usage21.0 GB12.9 GB
Memory %66%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

GPT-20B:20b

Speed
26/50
TTFT
3/20
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

GPT-20B:20b

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