Model benchmarks

unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S local LLM performance

As of September 2026, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S runs at up to 44.8 tok/s for local inference (best of 2 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

27B

Peak speed

44.8 tok/s

Average speed

40.6 tok/s

Avg prefill

210.2 tok/s

Min memory

16.5 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

15,739 tokens

Avg runtime / run

6m 23s

Avg quality

81.4

Benchmark runs

2

GPUs tested

1

Quality by task

Average LLM-judged quality (0–100) with the run-to-run spread shown as a P5–P95 band, overall and for each benchmark task, across all 2 runs. The low and high columns show how much the judge’s score varies between runs, and need at least two runs to display.

TaskP5 (low)AvgP95 (high)
Overall80.581.482.3
Agent Workflow80.180.681.1
Code Generation79.479.780.0
Role Play & Narrative78.782.285.7
Research & Analysis82.183.184.1

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Designllama.cppQ5_K_S44.8 tok/s40.6 tok/s16.5 GB65,536 tokens81.42

Frequently asked questions

Is unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S good for coding?
In our benchmarks, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S scores 79.7/100 for coding. It runs at about 40.6 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-Q4_K_XL is faster (~156.9 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (82.2/100).
Is unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S scores 80.6/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 40.6 tok/s, so if you want more speed, unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Lightning-30B-A3B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL is faster (~169.2 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (83.0/100).
How fast is unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S for local inference?
Across 2 community benchmark runs, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S reaches up to 44.8 tok/s and averages 40.6 tok/s, with the fastest results on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 with Max-Q Design.
How much memory does unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 16.5 GB of memory (quantizations tested: Q5_K_S).
Which tools have been used to run unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_S?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.