Qwen3.8 27B
on M5 Pro 48GB · llama.cpp
Summary
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.