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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B-GGUF:F16

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 1.08B · F16

Good

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
77 vs 62
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 45

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx hf.co/openbmb/Mini…
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 hf.co/openbmb/Mini…
Tokens/sec20.389.1
First chunk4216 ms42 ms
TTFT4.2 s42 ms
Load timeN/A1.6 s
Memory usage5.6 GB3.9 GB
Memory %9%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-…

Speed
50/50
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

hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest