qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
81 vs 78
Hardware Fit
84 vs 56
Quality Score
79 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec20.410.8
First chunk3034 ms8 ms
TTFT3.0 s2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB21.0 GB
Memory %17%66%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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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