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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
54 vs 76
Hardware Fit
81 vs 77
Quality Score
43 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
Tokens/sec25.272.7
First chunk341 ms147 ms
TTFT6.3 s30.0 s
Load time3.4 s5.7 s
Memory usage8.4 GB19.6 GB
Memory %52%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
24/30

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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