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

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Qwen3-30B:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
77 vs 88
Hardware Fit
100 vs 90
Quality Score
67 vs 87

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… Qwen3-30B:30b
MachineMac miniGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1416
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/meta… Qwen3-30B:30b
Tokens/sec54.331.3
First chunk277 ms560 ms
TTFT277 ms560 ms
Load timeN/A15.4 s
Memory usage4.2 GB17.7 GB
Memory %7%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

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

Quality

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
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