Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio

Qwen3.8 27B benchmarked on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra: Ollama and llama.cpp numbers, the 1-bit quant tested, RAM math, and the hardware that actually fits.
102 points by speckx 54 days ago terminalbytes.com 81 comments

Summary

A benchmark of Qwen3.8 27B on a Mac Studio M3 Ultra reveals performance metrics using Ollama and llama.cpp, detailing RAM usage and hardware compatibility. Discover how this model performs locally and what to expect from the setup.

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