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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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Good

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
77 vs 79
Hardware Fit
100 vs 59
Quality Score
67 vs 87

Hardware

mlx-community/meta… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniDocker Container
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1416
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 ProTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

mlx-community/meta… qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec54.39.3
First chunk277 ms21 ms
TTFT277 ms3.6 s
Load timeN/A32.0 s
Memory usage4.2 GB1.8 GB
Memory %7%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

mlx-community/meta-llam…

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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
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

qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest