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qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
84 vs 68
Hardware Fit
91 vs 98
Quality Score
81 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b gemma3:1b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5-9b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec30.239.5
First chunk499 msN/A
TTFT499 ms333 ms
Load timeN/A1.6 s
Memory usage6.7 GB1.3 GB
Memory %11%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b

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

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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