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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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 34
Hardware Fit
47 vs 21
Quality Score
84 vs 39

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.5-27b-claude…
MachineDocker ContainerMac mini
CPUIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900HApple M4
Cores1610
RAM15 GB24 GB
GPUTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]Apple M4
OSUbuntu 26.04 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeperformancebalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl qwen3.5-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec5.66.1
First chunk19 ms7 ms
TTFT5.6 s22.9 s
Load time12.5 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB19.8 GB
Memory %0%82%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b@q5_k_xl

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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30

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

qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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