qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 57
Hardware Fit
84 vs 100
Quality Score
79 vs 39
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b mlx-community/Llam…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b mlx-community/Llam…
Tokens/sec20.4126.4
First chunk3034 ms139 ms
TTFT3.0 s139 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB0.3 GB
Memory %17%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
10/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest