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qwen3.5:9b

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
80 vs 66
Hardware Fit
81 vs 56
Quality Score
80 vs 70

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5:9b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec11.85.5
TTFT523 ms1.4 s
Load time2.9 s3.7 s
Memory usage9.1 GB28.6 GB
Memory %28%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

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

llama3.1:8b

Speed
5/40
TTFT
22/30
Memory
29/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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