Qwen3.8 27B
M5 Pro 48GB · llama.cpp
- generation:
- 19.0 tokens/s
- prompt processing (prefill):
- 300-350 tokens/s
- quant:
- Q8_0 (GGUF)
User compares MLX and GGUF for Qwen3.8 27B on an M5 Pro, reporting generation at about 19 t/s. Setup is llama.cpp with Metal, which the user says now matches MLX prefill at roughly 300-350 t/s. The user questions whether MLX is still needed and mentions MTP and oMLX.