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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
54 vs 84
Hardware Fit
81 vs 80
Quality Score
43 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook ProSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1032
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec25.2147.6
First chunk341 ms139 ms
TTFT6.3 s30.0 s
Load time3.4 s21.3 s
Memory usage8.4 GB1.7 GB
Memory %52%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong 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