qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-2507-q4_K_M
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M
Jul 31, 2026 · Intel Xeon® E5-4620 0
Global Score
58 vs 71
Hardware Fit
68 vs 42
Quality Score
54 vs 84
Hardware
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MachineMac miniDell Inc. PowerEdge R820
CPUApple M4Intel Xeon® E5-4620 0
Cores1064
RAM24 GB256 GB
GPUApple M4Microsoft Remote Display Adapter, Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec16.74.0
First chunk23 ms2070 ms
TTFT14.1 s2.1 s
Load timeN/A44.5 s
Memory usage7.8 GB17.7 GB
Memory %33%7%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-…
Speed
3/50
TTFT
9/20
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
qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-…
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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