mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
74 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 84
Quality Score
63 vs 79
Hardware
mlx-community/Llam… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/Llam… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec50.620.4
First chunk257 ms3034 ms
TTFT257 ms3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.7 GB5.6 GB
Memory %2%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
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$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest