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qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 91
Hardware Fit
91 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec30.224.7
First chunk499 ms610 ms
TTFT499 ms610 ms
Load timeN/A3.6 s
Memory usage6.7 GB7.1 GB
Memory %11%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
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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