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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
81 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 91
Quality Score
73 vs 58

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5:4b-mlx
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M1 Pro
Cores1210
RAM31 GB16 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M1 Pro
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.6.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Tokens/sec35.642.2
First chunk52 ms201 ms
TTFT256 ms4.4 s
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage8.6 GB3.8 GB
Memory %28%24%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest