qwen3.5:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
75 vs 72
Hardware Fit
67 vs 77
Quality Score
79 vs 70
Hardware
qwen3.5:27b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:27b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec4.421.5
First chunkN/A368 ms
TTFT1.1 s368 ms
Load time13.2 s6.9 s
Memory usage22.7 GB12.9 GB
Memory %71%81%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
7/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
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
18/20
Instruction
13/20
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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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest