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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m

OPENAI GGUF
Good

Apr 22, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 56
Quality Score
46 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM96 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec67.210.8
First chunk66 ms8 ms
TTFT68 ms2.6 s
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage0.2 GB21.0 GB
Memory %0%66%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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