phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
75 vs 83
Hardware Fit
79 vs 68
Quality Score
73 vs 90
Hardware
phi4:14b 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
phi4:14b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec11.027.6
First chunkN/A10 ms
TTFT532 ms4.6 s
Load time0.7 sN/A
Memory usage13.4 GB21.0 GB
Memory %42%16%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi4:14b
Speed
19/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
phi4:14b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest