qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen2 · 0.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Global Score
58 vs 53
Hardware Fit
68 vs 89
Quality Score
54 vs 38
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen2.5-0.5b-instr…
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen2.5-0.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec16.713.2
First chunk23 ms1339 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB0.4 GB
Memory %33%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
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
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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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