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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

unsloth/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Sep 20, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
77 vs 85
Hardware Fit
67 vs 79
Quality Score
81 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx unsloth/qwen3.6-35…
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1416
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx unsloth/qwen3.6-35…
Tokens/sec20.323.5
First chunk4216 ms54 ms
TTFT4.2 s457 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage5.6 GB18.3 GB
Memory %9%59%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

unsloth/qwen3.6-35b-a3b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
21/30

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

unsloth/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
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