qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
gemma4:31b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M
Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
77 vs 76
Hardware Fit
67 vs 46
Quality Score
81 vs 89
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1416
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec20.322.4
First chunk4216 ms565 ms
TTFT4.2 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage5.6 GB43.9 GB
Memory %9%69%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:31b
Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30
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
gemma4:31b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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