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qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
84 vs 84
Hardware Fit
69 vs 79
Quality Score
90 vs 86

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M4 MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1616
RAM128 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 26.5.2cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec28.9115.8
First chunk33 ms9 ms
TTFT4.4 s310 ms
Load time7.9 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB25.3 GB
Memory %0%83%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
9/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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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