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qwen/qwen3.6-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 74
Hardware Fit
56 vs 100
Quality Score
90 vs 63

Hardware

qwen/qwen3.6-27b llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen/qwen3.6-27b llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec10.844.1
First chunk16 msN/A
TTFT2.6 s178 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage21.0 GB7.0 GB
Memory %66%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest