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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:e2b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 5.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
84 vs 76
Hardware Fit
94 vs 82
Quality Score
80 vs 73

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:e2b
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 Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:e2b
Tokens/sec25.013.5
First chunk357 ms1270 ms
TTFT357 ms1.3 s
Load time3.8 s13.4 s
Memory usage8.4 GB6.5 GB
Memory %52%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

gemma4:e2b

Speed
35/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

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

gemma4:e2b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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