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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 4.4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
20 vs 83
Hardware Fit
34 vs 96
Quality Score
14 vs 78

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b qwen3-vl:4b-instruct
MachineMac miniMac Studio
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1212
RAM24 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b qwen3-vl:4b-instruct
Tokens/sec10.691.2
First chunk1344 ms150 ms
TTFT30.0 s150 ms
Load time0.2 s5.3 s
Memory usage18.1 GB42.5 GB
Memory %75%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong 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