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qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
34 vs 72
Hardware Fit
21 vs 77
Quality Score
39 vs 70

Hardware

qwen3.5-27b-claude… llama3.1:8b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-27b-claude… llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec6.121.5
First chunk7 ms368 ms
TTFT22.9 s368 ms
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage19.8 GB12.9 GB
Memory %82%81%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30

llama3.1:8b

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

Quality

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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

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