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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
54 vs 83
Hardware Fit
81 vs 100
Quality Score
43 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
MachineMacBook ProMac Pro
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1012
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec25.262.7
First chunk341 ms278 ms
TTFT6.3 s278 ms
Load time3.4 s0.0 s
Memory usage8.4 GB0.0 GB
Memory %52%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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