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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
84 vs 68
Hardware Fit
94 vs 22
Quality Score
80 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8:latest
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1032
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8:latest
Tokens/sec25.010.0
First chunk357 ms1041 ms
TTFT357 ms14.3 s
Load time3.8 s22.3 s
Memory usage8.4 GB26.2 GB
Memory %52%82%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

qwen3.8:latest

Speed
12/50
TTFT
1/20
Memory
9/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.8:latest

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest