exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXexaone · 2.4B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 84
Quality Score
64 vs 79
Hardware
exaone-3.5-2.4b-in… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
exaone-3.5-2.4b-in… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec37.020.4
First chunk288 ms3034 ms
TTFT288 ms3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.4 GB5.6 GB
Memory %8%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest