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qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S

Excellent

Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 82
Hardware Fit
91 vs 99
Quality Score
81 vs 75

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec30.270.4
First chunk499 ms96 ms
TTFT499 ms96 ms
Load timeN/A2.5 s
Memory usage6.7 GB5.7 GB
Memory %11%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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:e2b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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