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Qwen3.8-27B performance tested on Apple M5 Max

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A user benchmarked the Qwen3.8-27B model on an Apple M5 Max chip, comparing its performance with "thinking on xhigh" versus "thinking off." The "thinking on xhigh" setting resulted in 5.5 times more tokens processed and a 6x longer runtime. Disabling the "thinking" feature significantly impacted output quality, placing the model behind other models like Qwen3.6-35B-A3B in terms of tokens per second. AI

IMPACT Provides insights into the performance trade-offs of large language models on consumer-grade hardware.

RANK_REASON User benchmark of a specific model version on consumer hardware. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Qwen3.8-27B performance tested on Apple M5 Max

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/DerTomsn ·

    Qwen3.8-27B thinking xhigh Vs. thinking off - Apple M5 Max

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1w1vbal/qwen3827b_thinking_xhigh_vs_thinking_off_apple_m5/"> <img alt="Qwen3.8-27B thinking xhigh Vs. thinking off - Apple M5 Max" src="https://preview.redd.it/6r1pv2gm1dmh1.png?width=640&amp;crop=smart&amp;au…

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