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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
54 vs 85
Hardware Fit
81 vs 80
Quality Score
43 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
Tokens/sec25.265.7
First chunk341 ms233 ms
TTFT6.3 s30.0 s
Load time3.4 s5.0 s
Memory usage8.4 GB15.2 GB
Memory %52%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest