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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
74 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
63 vs 90

Hardware

llama3.2:3b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec44.127.6
First chunkN/A10 ms
TTFT178 ms4.6 s
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage7.0 GB21.0 GB
Memory %22%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest