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qwen3.5:9b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

May 27, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor

Global Score
54 vs 76
Hardware Fit
81 vs 100
Quality Score
43 vs 65

Hardware

qwen3.5:9b-mlx llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook ProMicro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7B79
CPUApple M1 ProAMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor
Cores1012
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
OSmacOS 26.6.2Microsoft Windows 11 Famille 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:9b-mlx llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec25.257.0
First chunk341 ms264 ms
TTFT6.3 s264 ms
Load time3.4 s9.7 s
Memory usage8.4 GB2.6 GB
Memory %52%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b-mlx

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

llama3.2:latest

Speed
50/50
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

llama3.2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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