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qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
87 vs 73
Hardware Fit
85 vs 100
Quality Score
88 vs 61

Hardware

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook ProMac Mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3-coder-30b-a3… llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec45.798.9
First chunk17 msN/A
TTFT390 ms125 ms
Load timeN/A2.3 s
Memory usage22.4 GB22.1 GB
Memory %70%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

llama3.2:latest

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

Quality

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama3.2:latest

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

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