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llama-3.2-1b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 1B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
50 vs 77
Hardware Fit
79 vs 67
Quality Score
37 vs 81

Hardware

llama-3.2-1b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineLENOVO 20BUS00700Mac mini
CPUIntel Core™ i5-5300UApple M4 Pro
Cores414
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500Apple M4 Pro
OSMicrosoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045macOS 15.7.4
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama-3.2-1b-instr… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec9.920.3
First chunk1668 ms4216 ms
TTFT1.7 s4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.8 GB5.6 GB
Memory %5%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.2-1b-instruct

Speed
32/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama-3.2-1b-instruct

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor 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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest