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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
77 vs 64
Hardware Fit
67 vs 69
Quality Score
81 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores148
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec20.37.4
First chunk4216 ms1815 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.8 s
Load timeN/A10.9 s
Memory usage5.6 GB3.5 GB
Memory %9%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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