phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
71 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 84
Quality Score
58 vs 79
Hardware
phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec36.220.4
First chunkN/A3034 ms
TTFT190 ms3.0 s
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage8.3 GB5.6 GB
Memory %26%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest