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lfm2.5:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 66
Hardware Fit
95 vs 34
Quality Score
73 vs 80

Hardware

lfm2.5:8b qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

lfm2.5:8b qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec98.54.0
First chunk167 ms1655 ms
TTFT2.5 s1.7 s
Load time3.0 s12.9 s
Memory usage6.0 GB21.3 GB
Memory %37%89%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lfm2.5:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
8/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
6/30

Quality

lfm2.5:8b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest