qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
58 vs 74
Hardware Fit
68 vs 99
Quality Score
54 vs 63
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMac miniNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M4Cortex-A78AE
Cores106
RAM24 GB7 GB
GPUApple M4Integrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec16.721.1
First chunk23 ms1032 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.0 s
Load timeN/A8.4 s
Memory usage7.8 GB2.4 GB
Memory %33%32%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
llama3.2:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
10/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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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