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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

lfm2.5:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 20, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
54 vs 79
Hardware Fit
81 vs 100
Quality Score
43 vs 70

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx lfm2.5:latest
MachineMacBook ProAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M1 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1032
RAM16 GB125 GB
GPUApple M1 ProRadeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.6.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx lfm2.5:latest
Tokens/sec25.2134.4
First chunk341 ms226 ms
TTFT6.3 s226 ms
Load time3.4 s1.8 s
Memory usage8.4 GB6.9 GB
Memory %52%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

lfm2.5:latest

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

lfm2.5:latest

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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