qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
rnj-1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
54 vs 80
Hardware Fit
81 vs 93
Quality Score
43 vs 74
Hardware
qwen3.5:9b-mlx rnj-1:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:9b-mlx rnj-1:8b
Tokens/sec25.222.3
First chunk341 ms404 ms
TTFT6.3 s404 ms
Load time3.4 s3.7 s
Memory usage8.4 GB8.3 GB
Memory %52%52%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
24/30
rnj-1:8b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30
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
rnj-1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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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