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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5_moe · 35B · 4bit

Excellent

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
81 vs 89
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
73 vs 86

Hardware

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M5 Max
Cores1218
RAM31 GB64 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M5 Max
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 27.0
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec35.6130.2
First chunk52 ms5 ms
TTFT256 ms135 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB26.6 GB
Memory %28%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

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
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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