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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen2.5-coder-0.5b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen2 · 0.5B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
77 vs 55
Hardware Fit
67 vs 89
Quality Score
81 vs 40

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen2.5-coder-0.5b…
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores144
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen2.5-coder-0.5b…
Tokens/sec20.313.5
First chunk4216 ms1292 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB0.4 GB
Memory %9%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen2.5-coder-0.5b-inst…

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

qwen2.5-coder-0.5b-inst…

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest