Model benchmarks

qwen38-27b local LLM performance

As of September 2026, qwen38-27b runs at up to 78.6 tok/s for local inference (best of 3 community benchmark runs across 1 GPU).

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Model size

27B

Peak speed

78.6 tok/s

Average speed

72.1 tok/s

Avg prefill

531.0 tok/s

Min memory

13.2 GB

Max context

65,536 tokens

Avg output / run

42,509 tokens

Avg runtime / run

10m 12s

Avg quality

76.9

Benchmark runs

3

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 3 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)
Overall75.576.978.0
Agent Workflow63.372.784.0
Code Generation40.860.472.4
Role Play & Narrative78.588.496.3
Research & Analysis83.786.188.7

Performance by hardware and tool

Every hardware/tool/quantization combination qwen38-27b has been benchmarked on, ranked by peak token generation speed. Last updated September 2026.

HardwareToolQuantBest tok/sAvg tok/sMemoryContextQualityRuns
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900Mllama.cpp78.6 tok/s72.1 tok/s13.2 GB65,536 tokens76.93

Frequently asked questions

Is qwen38-27b good for coding?
In our benchmarks, qwen38-27b scores 60.4/100 for coding. It runs at about 72.1 tok/s, so if you want more speed, unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:IQ3_S is faster (~104.3 tok/s) and still scores well for coding (83.0/100).
Is qwen38-27b good for agentic (tool-using) tasks?
In our benchmarks, qwen38-27b scores 72.7/100 for agentic workflows. It runs at about 72.1 tok/s, so if you want more speed, Tiel-Coder-35B-A3B-Q4_K_S is faster (~165.0 tok/s) and still scores well for agentic workflows (89.3/100).
How fast is qwen38-27b for local inference?
Across 3 community benchmark runs, qwen38-27b reaches up to 78.6 tok/s and averages 72.1 tok/s, with the fastest results on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX/7900 GRE/7900M.
How much memory does qwen38-27b need?
The leanest observed configuration used about 13.2 GB of memory.
Which tools have been used to run qwen38-27b?
Benchmarks were submitted using llama.cpp. Results are community-contributed and updated as new runs arrive.