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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
74 vs 59
Hardware Fit
100 vs 63
Quality Score
63 vs 58

Hardware

llama3.2:3b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec44.118.3
First chunkN/A4 ms
TTFT178 ms530 ms
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage7.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %22%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest