qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
81 vs 34
Hardware Fit
84 vs 21
Quality Score
79 vs 39
Hardware
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MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec20.46.1
First chunk3034 ms7 ms
TTFT3.0 s22.9 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB19.8 GB
Memory %17%82%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
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Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30
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
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak 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