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llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Marginal

Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
74 vs 59
Hardware Fit
99 vs 63
Quality Score
63 vs 58

Hardware

llama3.2:3b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M5 Max
Cores618
RAM7 GB64 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec21.118.3
First chunk1032 ms4 ms
TTFT1.0 s530 ms
Load time8.4 sN/A
Memory usage2.4 GB38.5 GB
Memory %32%60%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

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

Quality

llama3.2:3b

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

qwen3.8-27b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
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