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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m

OPENAI GGUF
Good

Apr 22, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
62 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 52
Quality Score
46 vs 92

Hardware

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1216
RAM96 GB128 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec67.216.1
First chunk66 ms14 ms
TTFT68 ms5.8 s
Load time0.0 s8.5 s
Memory usage0.2 GB0.0 GB
Memory %0%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
1/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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