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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 3, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
77 vs 84
Hardware Fit
67 vs 98
Quality Score
81 vs 78

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e4b
MachineMac miniAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1432
RAM64 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4 ProRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec20.353.0
First chunk4216 ms214 ms
TTFT4.2 s214 ms
Load timeN/A3.1 s
Memory usage5.6 GB15.0 GB
Memory %9%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

gemma4:e4b

Speed
48/50
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

gemma4:e4b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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