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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
81 vs 53
Hardware Fit
100 vs 72
Quality Score
73 vs 45

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5:9b
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M1 Max
Cores1210
RAM31 GB32 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M1 Max
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec35.618.6
First chunk52 ms403 ms
TTFT256 ms10.2 s
Load timeN/A4.3 s
Memory usage8.6 GB9.1 GB
Memory %28%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak 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