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qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

qwen3.5-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
90 vs 75
Hardware Fit
97 vs 54
Quality Score
87 vs 84

Hardware

qwen3:14b qwen3.5-27b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 MaxApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:14b qwen3.5-27b
Tokens/sec24.06.6
First chunk300 ms4364 ms
TTFT300 ms4.4 s
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage13.8 GB15.0 GB
Memory %43%47%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:14b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-27b

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

Quality

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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