Wësche(@WescheNex1q):Qwen3.8-27B Mac m4 max vs DGX spark: same engine (TensorFold 0.6.5 + DFlash2), same seeds: DGX Spark • 4-bit: 82.9 · 52 min (~69 tok/s) Mac Studio M4 Max • 4-bit: 83.6 · 71 min (~50 tok/s) • 8-bit: 84.7 · 95 min (~38 tok/s) Hardware moved it <1 pt. 8-bit bought +1.1 for 2x the memory. Spark-Bench v7, 80 tests, 0 errors. bf16 lands tomorrow. Run your own benchmarks:

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2026.10.09 04:02

Qwen3.8-27B Mac m4 max vs DGX spark: same engine (TensorFold 0.6.5 + DFlash2), same seeds: DGX Spark • 4-bit: 82.9 · 52 min (~69 tok/s) Mac Studio M4 Max • 4-bit: 83.6 · 71 min (~50 tok/s) • 8-bit: 84.7 · 95 min (~38 tok/s) Hardware moved it <1 pt. 8-bit bought +1.1 for 2x the memory. Spark-Bench v7, 80 tests, 0 errors. bf16 lands tomorrow. Run your own benchmarks: