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qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
53 vs 80
Hardware Fit
72 vs 93
Quality Score
45 vs 74

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b rnj-1:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 MaxApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 MaxApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b rnj-1:8b
Tokens/sec18.622.3
First chunk403 ms404 ms
TTFT10.2 s404 ms
Load time4.3 s3.7 s
Memory usage9.1 GB8.3 GB
Memory %28%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

rnj-1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong 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