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qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
66 vs 85
Hardware Fit
91 vs 64
Quality Score
55 vs 94

Hardware

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
Cores1816
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M5 MaxApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 27.0macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.8-27b-mlx gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec33.213.6
First chunk7 ms16 ms
TTFT311 ms558 ms
Load timeN/A12.3 s
Memory usage0.5 GB0.0 GB
Memory %1%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

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
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest