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gemma2:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
76 vs 84
Hardware Fit
89 vs 94
Quality Score
71 vs 80

Hardware

gemma2:9b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Tokens/sec17.525.0
First chunkN/A357 ms
TTFT347 ms357 ms
Load time0.8 s3.8 s
Memory usage8.2 GB8.4 GB
Memory %26%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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