llama-3.1-8b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 8B · Q8_0
Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN27B
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
81 vs 66
Hardware Fit
100 vs 91
Quality Score
73 vs 55
Hardware
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
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… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec35.633.2
First chunk52 ms7 ms
TTFT256 ms311 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB0.5 GB
Memory %28%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest