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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
58 vs 83
Hardware Fit
68 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
MachineMac miniMac Pro
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1012
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec16.762.7
First chunk23 ms278 ms
TTFT14.1 s278 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage7.8 GB0.0 GB
Memory %33%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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