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Shootout: Qwen3.8-27B MLX vs Qwen3.8-27B MTPLX

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This is a follow up to my Qwen3.8-27B vs frontier exploration in which Qwen3.8-27B MLX was shown to punch above its weight given its relatively small footprint. The tradeoff for that performance was time to task completion which made the model feel glacial in comparison - even on relatively simple…

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  1. 2026-08-27 03:11 · r/LocalLLM
    Shootout: Qwen3.8-27B MLX vs Qwen3.8-27B MTPLX

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