qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
54 vs 59
Hardware Fit
81 vs 63
Quality Score
43 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec25.218.3
First chunk341 ms4 ms
TTFT6.3 s530 ms
Load time3.4 sN/A
Memory usage8.4 GB38.5 GB
Memory %52%60%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
24/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
20/30
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
1/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest