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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

Global Score
54 vs 65
Hardware Fit
81 vs 87
Quality Score
43 vs 56

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook ProShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRB
CPUApple M1 ProZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000
Cores108
RAM16 GB30 GB
GPUApple M1 ProZX C-1190
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec25.216.8
First chunk341 ms941 ms
TTFT6.3 s941 ms
Load time3.4 s0.2 s
Memory usage8.4 GB1.0 GB
Memory %52%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
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

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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