qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max
Global Score
58 vs 58
Hardware Fit
68 vs 82
Quality Score
54 vs 48
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec16.724.4
First chunk23 ms294 ms
TTFT14.1 s7.9 s
Load timeN/A3.7 s
Memory usage7.8 GB13.8 GB
Memory %33%43%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3:14b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
5/20
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
qwen3:14b
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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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