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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

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
72 vs 72
Hardware Fit
77 vs 89
Quality Score
70 vs 65

Hardware

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec21.528.9
First chunk368 ms338 ms
TTFT368 ms338 ms
Load time6.9 sN/A
Memory usage12.9 GB6.1 GB
Memory %81%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak 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