Qwen3.6 27B
on M5 Max 128GB · MLX · 290,000 ctx
May 2, 2026
Use cases
long-context
Summary
User reports 160 t/s prefill and 5-6 t/s generation on an M5 Max 128GB with Qwen 3.6 27B Q8 MLX at 290k context.
GPU utilization sits at only 36-50%.
The user finds the generation rate low against an expected 8-14 t/s and asks others for comparison.