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llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
81 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 63
Quality Score
73 vs 87

Hardware

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MachineASUSMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M4 Max
Cores1216
RAM31 GB128 GB
GPUNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]Apple M4 Max
OSNobara Linux 43macOS 26.5.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec35.624.0
First chunk52 ms20 ms
TTFT256 ms4.5 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage8.6 GB15.7 GB
Memory %28%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…

Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
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-claude-opus…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest