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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 84
Hardware Fit
69 vs 91
Quality Score
90 vs 81

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1614
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec28.930.2
First chunk33 ms499 ms
TTFT4.4 s499 ms
Load time7.9 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB6.7 GB
Memory %0%11%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5-9b

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

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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