mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B-Chat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S
Mar 14, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
73 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 51
Quality Score
62 vs 81
Hardware
mlx-community/Yi-1… 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
mlx-community/Yi-1… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec29.114.4
First chunk451 ms4 ms
TTFT451 ms824 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.9 GB48.3 GB
Memory %3%151%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
0/30
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
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
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