qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
58 vs 94
Hardware Fit
68 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 91
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b…
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 qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b…
Tokens/sec16.744.8
First chunk23 ms405 ms
TTFT14.1 s405 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB16.0 GB
Memory %33%50%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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