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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Qwen3-30B:30b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3moe · 30.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
84 vs 88
Hardware Fit
94 vs 90
Quality Score
80 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx Qwen3-30B:30b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx Qwen3-30B:30b
Tokens/sec25.031.3
First chunk357 ms560 ms
TTFT357 ms560 ms
Load time3.8 s15.4 s
Memory usage8.4 GB17.7 GB
Memory %52%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Speed
40/50
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

Qwen3-30B:30b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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