qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gpt-oss:20b
OLLAMA GGUFgptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
58 vs 83
Hardware Fit
68 vs 65
Quality Score
54 vs 90
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec16.717.1
First chunk23 ms705 ms
TTFT14.1 s10.2 s
Load timeN/A23.1 s
Memory usage7.8 GB13.1 GB
Memory %33%55%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
gpt-oss:20b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
23/30
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
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest