qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35moe · 35B · Q3_K_S
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
77 vs 89
Hardware Fit
67 vs 90
Quality Score
81 vs 88
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
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
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec20.339.1
First chunk4216 ms33 ms
TTFT4.2 s319 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB19.0 GB
Memory %9%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
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
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest