qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
deepseek-r1:latest
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
77 vs 23
Hardware Fit
67 vs 70
Quality Score
81 vs 3
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx deepseek-r1:latest
MachineMac miniNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M4 ProCortex-A78AE
Cores146
RAM64 GB7 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx deepseek-r1:latest
Tokens/sec20.39.8
First chunk4216 ms1206 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.2 s
Load timeN/A17.8 s
Memory usage5.6 GB4.8 GB
Memory %9%65%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
deepseek-r1:latest
Speed
32/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
18/30
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
deepseek-r1:latest
Reasoning
0/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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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