qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
52 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 84
Quality Score
31 vs 79
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… 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
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec257.520.4
First chunk99 ms3034 ms
TTFT99 ms3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB5.6 GB
Memory %1%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest