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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Good

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · NVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )

Global Score
77 vs 92
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
MachineMac miniHP HyperX OMEN Transcend Gaming Laptop 14-ga0xxx5CD612DXML
CPUApple M4 ProNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core ) RTX Spark N1X (6144-core GPU, 20-core )
Cores1420
RAM64 GB55 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNVIDIA RTX Spark N1X (6144-core Blackwell RTX GPU), NVIDIA NPU
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.28000
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
Tokens/sec20.361.3
First chunk4216 ms185 ms
TTFT4.2 s185 ms
Load timeN/A22.9 s
Memory usage5.6 GB16.4 GB
Memory %9%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest