qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
94 vs 55
Hardware Fit
100 vs 87
Quality Score
91 vs 41
Hardware
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b… qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec44.868.2
First chunk405 ms3268 ms
TTFT405 ms3.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage16.0 GB0.6 GB
Memory %50%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
24/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest