llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max
Global Score
75 vs 90
Hardware Fit
93 vs 97
Quality Score
67 vs 87
Hardware
llama3.1:8b qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec20.324.0
First chunkN/A300 ms
TTFT315 ms300 ms
Load time1.1 s3.6 s
Memory usage10.4 GB13.8 GB
Memory %33%43%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3:14b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3:14b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong 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