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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e2b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 4.6B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
77 vs 93
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e2b
MachineMac miniMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1412
RAM64 GB8 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e2b
Tokens/sec20.3141.2
First chunk4216 ms94 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.6 s
Load timeN/A18.4 s
Memory usage5.6 GB0.2 GB
Memory %9%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

gemma4:e2b

Speed
50/50
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:e2b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest