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Qwen3.8 27B on 32GB MacBook M5

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Hello, I am reading a lot of positive comments about Qwen3.8 27b as a local coding agent model. I preordered a MacBook Pro M5 (not M5 Pro CPU) with 32GB RAM. Has anyone benched Qwen3.8 on this MacBook and can tell me their t/s and general experience with working with it? I am planning on using llam…

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  1. 2026-09-03 10:54 · r/LocalLLM
    QWEN3.8 27B on a MacBook
  2. 2026-09-01 19:47 · r/LocalLLM
    Qwen3.8 27B on 32GB MacBook M5

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