qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
lmstudio-community/meta-llama-3.1-8b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
58 vs 78
Hardware Fit
68 vs 100
Quality Score
54 vs 69
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx lmstudio-community…
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec16.746.0
First chunk23 ms245 ms
TTFT14.1 s245 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage7.8 GB4.6 GB
Memory %33%7%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
lmstudio-community/meta…
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
lmstudio-community/meta…
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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