qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
58 vs 74
Hardware Fit
68 vs 98
Quality Score
54 vs 63
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
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 phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec16.718.4
First chunk23 ms1078 ms
TTFT14.1 s1.1 s
Load timeN/A6.4 s
Memory usage7.8 GB2.9 GB
Memory %33%39%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
50/50
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
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest