qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
mistral:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
78 vs 73
Hardware Fit
56 vs 96
Quality Score
87 vs 63
Hardware
qwen3.8-27b-mlx mistral: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 mistral:latest
Tokens/sec10.822.5
First chunk8 msN/A
TTFT2.6 s257 ms
Load timeN/A0.6 s
Memory usage21.0 GB10.1 GB
Memory %66%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
mistral:latest
Speed
36/50
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
mistral:latest
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong 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