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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Gemma4-26B:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Intel Core™ Ultra X7 358H

Global Score
54 vs 87
Hardware Fit
81 vs 82
Quality Score
43 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
MachineMacBook ProGMKtec NucBox EVO-T2S
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Core™ Ultra X7 358H
Cores1016
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProIntel(R) Arc(TM) B390 GPU
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx Gemma4-26B:26b
Tokens/sec25.223.4
First chunk341 ms1073 ms
TTFT6.3 s1.1 s
Load time3.4 s16.0 s
Memory usage8.4 GB16.7 GB
Memory %52%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Speed
32/50
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

Gemma4-26B:26b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong 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