Qwen 3.8 27B
27.8B parameters · 256k context · apache-2.0 · released 2026-08-05
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What to run it on in the US
Fully in memory at 8k context, priced at retailers today.
Cheapest
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT26tok/sest.UD-Q4_K_M
$800
Best value
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT26tok/sest.UD-Q4_K_M
$800
Fastest
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 509037tok/sest.Q8_0
$7,200
All hardware that runs it
Everything we price, best value first. Two cards split the model by layers.
| Hardware | Quant | Fits | Decode | Price | tok/s per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Arc Pro B60 | UD-Q6_K | fits | 10 tok/s | $650 | 15.5 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | UD-Q4_K_M | fits | 26 tok/s | $800 | 32.1 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | UD-Q6_K | fits | 23 tok/s | $1,533 | 15.2 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | UD-Q6_K | fits | 26 tok/s | $1,660 | 15.4 |
| AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 | Q8_0 | fits | 12 tok/s | $1,700 | 6.9 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | UD-Q6_K | fits | 28 tok/s | $2,060 | 13.4 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | UD-Q6_K | fits | 28 tok/s | $3,280 | 8.4 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Q8_0 | fits | 37 tok/s | $7,200 | 5.2 |
| Mac Studio M4 Max 128GB | Q8_0 | fits | 12 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB | Q8_0 | fits | 6 tok/s | – | – |
| Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB | Q8_0 | fits | 5 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 512GB | Q8_0 | fits | 18 tok/s | – | – |
| NVIDIA DGX Spark 128GB | Q8_0 | fits | 6 tok/s | – | – |
| GMKtec EVO-X2 Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB | Q8_0 | fits | 5 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | Q8_0 | fits | 18 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB | Q8_0 | fits | 6 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac Studio M4 Max 64GB | Q8_0 | fits | 12 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB | Q8_0 | fits | 18 tok/s | – | – |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | Q8_0 | fits | 37 tok/s | – | – |
| ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB | Q8_0 | fits | 6 tok/s | – | – |
| Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB | Q8_0 | fits | 5 tok/s | – | – |
| Mac mini M4 32GB | UD-Q5_K_M | fits | 4 tok/s | – | – |
| NVIDIA Tesla P40 | UD-Q6_K | fits | 10 tok/s | – | – |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 6 tok/s | $360 | 17.5 |
| Intel Arc B580 | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 6 tok/s | $370 | 16.8 |
| Intel Arc A770 16GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 11 tok/s | $400 | 28.5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 6 tok/s | $469 | 12.8 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 8 tok/s | $543 | 15.3 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 13 tok/s | $599 | 21.5 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 8 tok/s | $695 | 11.1 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 7 tok/s | $699 | 10.0 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 9 tok/s | $770 | 11.3 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 12 tok/s | $772 | 15.5 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 8 tok/s | $776 | 9.7 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 13 tok/s | $815 | 16.1 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 16 tok/s | $1,013 | 15.4 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 18 tok/s | $1,144 | 16.0 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 16 tok/s | $1,199 | 13.7 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | UD-Q4_K_M | offload | 19 tok/s | $1,738 | 10.9 |
1 other card or machine we price cannot hold it at this context.
Memory needed
Weights, KV cache and runtime buffers at each context length (KV cache at fp16).
| Quant | File | @8k | @32k | @64k | @128k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UD-Q4_K_Mgguf | 15.3 GB | 16.7 GB | 18.4 GB | 20.5 GB | 24.9 GB |
| mlx-4bitmlx | 15.0 GB | 16.3 GB | 18.0 GB | 20.2 GB | 24.5 GB |
| UD-Q5_K_Mgguf | 18.4 GB | 19.8 GB | 21.4 GB | 23.6 GB | 28.0 GB |
| UD-Q6_Kgguf | 20.5 GB | 21.9 GB | 23.5 GB | 25.7 GB | 30.1 GB |
| Q8_0gguf | 27.1 GB | 28.4 GB | 30.1 GB | 32.3 GB | 36.6 GB |
| mlx-8bitmlx | 27.5 GB | 28.9 GB | 30.5 GB | 32.7 GB | 37.1 GB |
Run it
Copy a command for the runtime you use.
- UD-Q4_K_M
- Ollama
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M - LM Studio
lms get unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF@ud-q4_k_m - llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_M
- Ollama
- mlx-4bit
- LM Studio
lms get mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit - MLX
mlx_lm.server --model mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-4bit
- LM Studio
- UD-Q5_K_M
- Ollama
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_M - LM Studio
lms get unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF@ud-q5_k_m - llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_M
- Ollama
- UD-Q6_K
- Ollama
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q6_K - LM Studio
lms get unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF@ud-q6_k - llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-Q6_K
- Ollama
- Q8_0
- Ollama
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q8_0 - LM Studio
lms get unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF@q8_0 - llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q8_0
- Ollama
- mlx-8bit
- LM Studio
lms get mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-8bit - MLX
mlx_lm.server --model mlx-community/Qwen3.8-27B-8bit
- LM Studio