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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
58 vs 93
Hardware Fit
68 vs 85
Quality Score
54 vs 96

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMac miniAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM24 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4AMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec16.747.1
First chunk23 ms320 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.8 s
Load timeN/A3.8 s
Memory usage7.8 GB16.4 GB
Memory %33%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
44/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
9/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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