qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
53 vs 59
Hardware Fit
89 vs 65
Quality Score
38 vs 57
Hardware
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec52.914.3
First chunk4013 ms24 ms
TTFT4.0 s13.4 s
Load timeN/A13.3 s
Memory usage0.6 GB2.5 GB
Memory %1%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
9/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest