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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Aug 1, 2026 · Intel Xeon® E5-4620 0

Global Score
54 vs 65
Hardware Fit
81 vs 38
Quality Score
43 vs 76

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge R820
CPUApple M1 ProIntel Xeon® E5-4620 0
Cores1064
RAM16 GB256 GB
GPUApple M1 ProMicrosoft Remote Display Adapter, Microsoft Basic Display Adapter
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Datacenter 10.0.20348
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec25.23.4
First chunk341 ms4210 ms
TTFT6.3 s4.2 s
Load time3.4 s45.1 s
Memory usage8.4 GB22.0 GB
Memory %52%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Speed
3/50
TTFT
5/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b-t48-c8k…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest