mlx-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit

Excellent

Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score

77 vs 87

Hardware Fit

100 vs 85

Quality Score

67 vs 88

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… qwen3-coder-30b-a3…

MachineMac miniMacBook Pro

CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro

Cores1410

RAM64 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.6.1

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec54.345.7

First chunk277 ms17 ms

TTFT277 ms390 ms

Load timeN/AN/A

Memory usage4.2 GB22.4 GB

Memory %7%70%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

15/30

Quality

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Reasoning

11/20

Coding

14/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

9/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…

Reasoning

15/20

Coding

19/20

Instruction

17/20

Structured

15/15

Math

12/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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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