qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
77 vs 87
Hardware Fit
67 vs 85
Quality Score
81 vs 88
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec20.345.7
First chunk4216 ms17 ms
TTFT4.2 s390 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB22.4 GB
Memory %9%70%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
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
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest