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 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
81 vs 77
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
73 vs 81
Hardware
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineASUSMac mini
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM31 GB64 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M4 Pro
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 15.7.4
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced
Performance
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec35.620.3
First chunk52 ms4216 ms
TTFT256 ms4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB5.6 GB
Memory %28%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
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-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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