mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B-Chat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max
Global Score
73 vs 53
Hardware Fit
100 vs 72
Quality Score
62 vs 45
Hardware
mlx-community/Yi-1… qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/Yi-1… qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec29.118.6
First chunk451 ms403 ms
TTFT451 ms10.2 s
Load timeN/A4.3 s
Memory usage0.9 GB9.1 GB
Memory %3%28%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:9b
Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
qwen3.5:9b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest