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llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700K

Global Score
72 vs 77
Hardware Fit
77 vs 75
Quality Score
70 vs 78

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook ProASUS
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Cores1024
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec21.530.5
First chunk368 ms291 ms
TTFT368 ms291 ms
Load time6.9 s4.8 s
Memory usage12.9 GB8.8 GB
Memory %81%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
21/30

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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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