phi3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
63 vs 59
Hardware Fit
83 vs 63
Quality Score
55 vs 58
Hardware
phi3:14b 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
phi3:14b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec12.718.3
First chunkN/A4 ms
TTFT434 ms530 ms
Load time0.9 sN/A
Memory usage17.7 GB38.5 GB
Memory %55%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi3:14b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
Quality
phi3:14b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate 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
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest