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nemotron-3-nano:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
93 vs 81
Hardware Fit
95 vs 84
Quality Score
92 vs 79

Hardware

nemotron-3-nano:4b qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

nemotron-3-nano:4b qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec31.720.4
First chunk270 ms3034 ms
TTFT2.9 s3.0 s
Load time2.1 sN/A
Memory usage4.1 GB5.6 GB
Memory %25%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-9b

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