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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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
77 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 35
Quality Score
67 vs 88

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1416
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

mlx-community/meta… qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec54.38.3
First chunk277 ms32 ms
TTFT277 ms2.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage4.2 GB28.9 GB
Memory %7%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
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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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest