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gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
85 vs 59
Hardware Fit
64 vs 63
Quality Score
94 vs 58

Hardware

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM128 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec13.618.3
First chunk16 ms4 ms
TTFT558 ms530 ms
Load time12.3 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB38.5 GB
Memory %0%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

Quality

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest