qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
77 vs 74
Hardware Fit
67 vs 84
Quality Score
81 vs 69
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec20.358.9
First chunk4216 ms28 ms
TTFT4.2 s481 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB17.5 GB
Memory %9%73%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
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
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest