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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
84 vs 67
Hardware Fit
94 vs 77
Quality Score
80 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMacBook ProLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM16 GB15 GB
GPUApple M1 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec25.010.0
First chunk357 ms1166 ms
TTFT357 ms1.2 s
Load time3.8 s6.8 s
Memory usage8.4 GB3.8 GB
Memory %52%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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