mistralai/magistral-small-2509
LM-STUDIO MLXmistral3 · 24B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
74 vs 81
Hardware Fit
66 vs 84
Quality Score
78 vs 79
Hardware
mistralai/magistra… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mistralai/magistra… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec7.920.4
First chunk1356 ms3034 ms
TTFT1.4 s3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage13.2 GB5.6 GB
Memory %41%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mistralai/magistral-sma…
Speed
16/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
mistralai/magistral-sma…
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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