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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 1, 2026 · Intel Xeon® E5-4620 0

Global Score
77 vs 65
Hardware Fit
67 vs 38
Quality Score
81 vs 76

Hardware

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MachineMac miniDell Inc. PowerEdge R820
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Xeon® E5-4620 0
Cores1464
RAM64 GB256 GB
GPUApple M4 ProMicrosoft Remote Display Adapter, Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec20.33.4
First chunk4216 ms4210 ms
TTFT4.2 s4.2 s
Load timeN/A45.1 s
Memory usage5.6 GB22.0 GB
Memory %9%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Speed
3/50
TTFT
5/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest