qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
77 vs 80
Hardware Fit
67 vs 63
Quality Score
81 vs 87
Hardware
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MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1416
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec20.324.0
First chunk4216 ms20 ms
TTFT4.2 s4.5 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB15.7 GB
Memory %9%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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