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qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

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qwen35 · 9B · Q5_K_XL

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Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
73 vs 80
Hardware Fit
47 vs 77
Quality Score
84 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineDocker ContainerMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M5 Max
Cores1618
RAM15 GB48 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec5.6129.8
First chunk19 ms77 ms
TTFT5.6 s30.0 s
Load time12.5 s1.8 s
Memory usage0.0 GB19.7 GB
Memory %0%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

Speed
10/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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