llama-3.1-8b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 8B · Q8_0
Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 58
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
73 vs 54
Hardware
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineASUSMac mini
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M4
Cores1210
RAM31 GB24 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M4
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced
Performance
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec35.616.7
First chunk52 ms23 ms
TTFT256 ms14.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB7.8 GB
Memory %28%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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