granite3.1-dense:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 8.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
74 vs 77
Hardware Fit
91 vs 67
Quality Score
66 vs 81
Hardware
granite3.1-dense:8b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
granite3.1-dense:8b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.820.3
First chunkN/A4216 ms
TTFT308 ms4.2 s
Load time0.6 sN/A
Memory usage13.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %41%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
granite3.1-dense:8b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
granite3.1-dense:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest