llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 71
Hardware Fit
93 vs 88
Quality Score
67 vs 63
Hardware
llama3.1:8b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Tokens/sec20.323.1
First chunkN/A3279 ms
TTFT315 ms3.3 s
Load time1.1 sN/A
Memory usage10.4 GB2.9 GB
Memory %33%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
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-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate 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