qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
ornith-1.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
77 vs 69
Hardware Fit
67 vs 95
Quality Score
81 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
Tokens/sec20.322.2
First chunk4216 ms341 ms
TTFT4.2 s341 ms
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage5.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %9%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
ornith-1.5:9b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
ornith-1.5:9b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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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