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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.6:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 17, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
84 vs 88
Hardware Fit
69 vs 91
Quality Score
90 vs 87

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1632
RAM128 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.6:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec28.943.3
First chunk33 ms291 ms
TTFT4.4 s291 ms
Load time7.9 s6.2 s
Memory usage0.0 GB32.2 GB
Memory %0%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-a3b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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