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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

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
84 vs 85
Hardware Fit
69 vs 95
Quality Score
90 vs 80

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Max
Cores1610
RAM128 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.8-27b qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec28.923.1
First chunk33 ms358 ms
TTFT4.4 s358 ms
Load time7.9 s3.6 s
Memory usage0.0 GB9.1 GB
Memory %0%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
45/50
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
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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