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qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
53 vs 78
Hardware Fit
72 vs 72
Quality Score
45 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 MaxApple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 MaxApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec18.626.9
First chunk403 ms222 ms
TTFT10.2 s222 ms
Load time4.3 s0.1 s
Memory usage9.1 GB15.4 GB
Memory %28%96%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
2/30

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

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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