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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jun 13, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor

Global Score
54 vs 82
Hardware Fit
81 vs 90
Quality Score
43 vs 79

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3:14b
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7C37
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Cores1024
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProGameViewer Virtual Display Adapter, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 专业版 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx qwen3:14b
Tokens/sec25.274.4
First chunk341 ms324 ms
TTFT6.3 s2.6 s
Load time3.4 s5.1 s
Memory usage8.4 GB9.0 GB
Memory %52%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

qwen3:14b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
10/20
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

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong 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