llama-3.1-8b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 8B · Q8_0
Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_S
Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max
Global Score
81 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
73 vs 83
Hardware
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineASUSMac Studio
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M2 Max
Cores1212
RAM31 GB96 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M2 Max
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.1
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced
Performance
llama-3.1-8b-instr… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec35.655.2
First chunk52 ms4 ms
TTFT256 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB30.3 GB
Memory %28%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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