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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor

Global Score
54 vs 89
Hardware Fit
81 vs 88
Quality Score
43 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
MachineMacBook ProDell Inc. PowerEdge XE8545
CPUApple M1 ProAMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Cores10128
RAM16 GB1007 GB
GPUApple M1 ProGA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller, GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB]
OSmacOS 26.6.2Rocky Linux 8.10
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
Tokens/sec25.240.0
First chunk341 ms177 ms
TTFT6.3 s177 ms
Load time3.4 s24.7 s
Memory usage8.4 GB51.0 GB
Memory %52%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Speed
38/50
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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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