qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
nous-hermes2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 11B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
78 vs 68
Hardware Fit
56 vs 87
Quality Score
87 vs 60
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx nous-hermes2:latest
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 nous-hermes2:latest
Tokens/sec10.815.9
First chunk8 msN/A
TTFT2.6 s345 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage21.0 GB6.6 GB
Memory %66%21%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
nous-hermes2:latest
Speed
27/50
TTFT
30/20
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
nous-hermes2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest