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

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score

77 vs 83

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

67 vs 76

Hardware

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MachineMac miniMac Pro

CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10400

Cores1412

RAM64 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4 ProAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.1

Archarm64x64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec54.362.7

First chunk277 ms278 ms

TTFT277 ms278 ms

Load timeN/A0.0 s

Memory usage4.2 GB0.0 GB

Memory %7%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

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Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Speed

50/50

TTFT

20/20

Memory

30/30

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

15/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

9/10

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