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rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN

27B

Good

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
80 vs 66
Hardware Fit
93 vs 91
Quality Score
74 vs 55

Hardware

rnj-1:8b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

rnj-1:8b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec22.333.2
First chunk404 ms7 ms
TTFT404 ms311 ms
Load time3.7 sN/A
Memory usage8.3 GB0.5 GB
Memory %52%1%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest