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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
58 vs 67
Hardware Fit
68 vs 77
Quality Score
54 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM24 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec16.710.0
First chunk23 ms1166 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.2 s
Load timeN/A6.8 s
Memory usage7.8 GB3.8 GB
Memory %33%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest