qwen3.8-27b-mlx

27B

MacBook Pro (Apple M5 Max)

64 GB · macOS 27.0

Tested on August 17, 2026 · Submitted by itxjobe
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Global Score
66 /100
Good
Hardware Fit
91/100
Quality
55/100

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Hardware

Machine
MacBook Pro
CPU
Apple M5 Max
Cores
18 threads (6 cores)
Frequency
2.4 GHz
RAM
64 GB LPDDR5
GPU
Apple M5 Max
OS
macOS 27.0
Arch
arm64
Power Mode
balanced

Performance

Tokens/sec
33.2
Standard deviation
±0.1
First chunk latency
7 ms
Time to first token
311 ms
Load time
N/A
Memory usage
0.5 GB (1%)
Total tokens
1659

Score breakdown

Speed
41/50
Time to first token
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction following
6/20
Structured output
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10

Category levels

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

Metadata

Spec version
0.2.1
Runtime
LM Studio
Model format
UNKNOWN
Hardware profile
HIGH-END
Result hash
bf420742dc7cfaf1287329245c65e0d6bcd9441eeb7852862d0aa0232869d675

Interpretation

Hardware fit: 91/100. Overall suitability: GOOD (Global 66/100). Category profile: Reasoning: Strong, Coding: Adequate, Instruction Following: Weak, Structured Output: Poor, Math: Strong, Multilingual: Weak.

Bench Environment

Power: AC CPU load: avg 8% (peak 9%)

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest