qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
58 vs 60
Hardware Fit
68 vs 96
Quality Score
54 vs 44
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.7108.0
First chunk23 ms2568 ms
TTFT14.1 s2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB1.0 GB
Memory %33%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
16/20
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
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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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