llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
46 vs 89
Hardware Fit
61 vs 97
Quality Score
40 vs 86
Hardware
llama3.1:8b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M5 Max
Cores618
RAM7 GB48 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec7.8129.4
First chunk1625 ms49 ms
TTFT1.6 s49 ms
Load time21.8 s0.0 s
Memory usage5.2 GB20.5 GB
Memory %71%43%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
26/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest