orca-mini:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
47 vs 59
Hardware Fit
100 vs 65
Quality Score
24 vs 57
Hardware
orca-mini:3b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
orca-mini:3b qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec30.614.3
First chunkN/A24 ms
TTFT126 ms13.4 s
Load time0.4 s13.3 s
Memory usage2.6 GB2.5 GB
Memory %8%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
orca-mini:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
orca-mini:3b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate 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