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qwen3.5:9b

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 75
Hardware Fit
81 vs 79
Quality Score
80 vs 73

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b phi4:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b phi4:14b
Tokens/sec11.811.0
TTFT523 ms532 ms
Load time2.9 s0.7 s
Memory usage9.1 GB13.4 GB
Memory %28%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
21/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

phi4:14b

Speed
19/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
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

phi4:14b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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