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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
75 vs 83
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
67 vs 76

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5:4b
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 qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec20.333.8
First chunkN/A293 ms
TTFT315 ms293 ms
Load time1.1 s2.5 s
Memory usage10.4 GB6.5 GB
Memory %33%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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