qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF:F16
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 2.7B · unknown
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
58 vs 61
Hardware Fit
68 vs 97
Quality Score
54 vs 46
Hardware
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MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec16.731.3
First chunk23 ms131 ms
TTFT14.1 s131 ms
Load timeN/A4.2 s
Memory usage7.8 GB6.6 GB
Memory %33%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
36/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
29/30
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
hf.co/LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2…
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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