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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_xxs

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
58 vs 83
Hardware Fit
68 vs 58
Quality Score
54 vs 94

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
MachineMac miniDocker Container
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM24 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
Tokens/sec16.710.3
First chunk23 ms8 ms
TTFT14.1 s3.5 s
Load timeN/A10.9 s
Memory usage7.8 GB6.4 GB
Memory %33%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_…

Speed
19/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
27/30

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

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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