qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B-Chat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
54 vs 73
Hardware Fit
81 vs 100
Quality Score
43 vs 62
Hardware
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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec25.229.1
First chunk341 ms451 ms
TTFT6.3 s451 ms
Load time3.4 sN/A
Memory usage8.4 GB0.9 GB
Memory %52%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
24/30
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
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
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest