qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

75 vs 66

Hardware Fit

67 vs 56

Quality Score

79 vs 70

Hardware

qwen3.5:27b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMac Mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM32 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5:27b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec4.45.5

TTFT1.1 s1.4 s

Load time13.2 s3.7 s

Memory usage22.7 GB28.6 GB

Memory %71%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:27b

Speed

7/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

9/20

Structured

15/15

Math

12/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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