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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
46 vs 59
Hardware Fit
61 vs 69
Quality Score
40 vs 54

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M4 Pro
Cores614
RAM7 GB48 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec7.830.5
First chunk1625 ms333 ms
TTFT1.6 s30.0 s
Load time21.8 s9.8 s
Memory usage5.2 GB25.1 GB
Memory %71%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
26/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
1/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest