qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
mistralai/magistral-small-2509
LM-STUDIO MLXmistral3 · 24B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
77 vs 74
Hardware Fit
67 vs 66
Quality Score
81 vs 78
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx mistralai/magistra…
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx mistralai/magistra…
Tokens/sec20.37.9
First chunk4216 ms1356 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.4 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB13.2 GB
Memory %9%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
mistralai/magistral-sma…
Speed
16/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
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
mistralai/magistral-sma…
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest