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aya:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
66 vs 75
Hardware Fit
92 vs 54
Quality Score
55 vs 84

Hardware

aya:8b qwen3.5-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

aya:8b qwen3.5-27b
Tokens/sec20.06.6
First chunkN/A4364 ms
TTFT300 ms4.4 s
Load time0.9 sN/A
Memory usage6.0 GB15.0 GB
Memory %19%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

aya:8b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-27b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

aya:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-27b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest