qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
77 vs 64
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 49
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx smollm2:1.7b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec20.351.8
First chunk4216 msN/A
TTFT4.2 s84 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage5.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %9%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
smollm2:1.7b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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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