qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
84 vs 80
Hardware Fit
94 vs 63
Quality Score
80 vs 87
Hardware
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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec25.024.0
First chunk357 ms20 ms
TTFT357 ms4.5 s
Load time3.8 sN/A
Memory usage8.4 GB15.7 GB
Memory %52%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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