gemma2:9b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
76 vs 65
Hardware Fit
89 vs 88
Quality Score
71 vs 55
Hardware
gemma2:9b qwen3.5-2b-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
gemma2:9b qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec17.548.9
First chunkN/A4208 ms
TTFT347 ms4.2 s
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage8.2 GB1.6 GB
Memory %26%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma2:9b
Speed
29/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma2:9b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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