qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
Global Score
58 vs 50
Hardware Fit
68 vs 97
Quality Score
54 vs 30
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM24 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec16.7239.2
First chunk23 ms127 ms
TTFT14.1 s127 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage7.8 GB0.6 GB
Memory %33%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
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
gemma3:270m
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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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