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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:0.6b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 61
Hardware Fit
77 vs 100
Quality Score
70 vs 44

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3:0.6b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b qwen3:0.6b
Tokens/sec21.5144.3
First chunk368 msN/A
TTFT368 ms81 ms
Load time6.9 s0.9 s
Memory usage12.9 GB4.1 GB
Memory %81%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30

qwen3:0.6b

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

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak
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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