rnj-1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
80 vs 81
Hardware Fit
93 vs 84
Quality Score
74 vs 79
Hardware
rnj-1:8b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
rnj-1:8b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec22.320.4
First chunk404 ms3034 ms
TTFT404 ms3.0 s
Load time3.7 sN/A
Memory usage8.3 GB5.6 GB
Memory %52%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
rnj-1:8b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
rnj-1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest