qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS
Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Global Score
77 vs 79
Hardware Fit
67 vs 59
Quality Score
81 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniDocker Container
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1416
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 ProTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec20.39.3
First chunk4216 ms21 ms
TTFT4.2 s3.6 s
Load timeN/A32.0 s
Memory usage5.6 GB1.8 GB
Memory %9%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
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
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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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