qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3_text · 270M · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
58 vs 43
Hardware Fit
68 vs 99
Quality Score
54 vs 19
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-3-270m-it-qa…
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-3-270m-it-qa…
Tokens/sec16.7344.2
First chunk23 ms173 ms
TTFT14.1 s173 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB0.3 GB
Memory %33%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest