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nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:9b

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 80
Hardware Fit
87 vs 81
Quality Score
60 vs 80

Hardware

nous-hermes2: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

nous-hermes2:latest qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec15.911.8
TTFT345 ms523 ms
Load time0.4 s2.9 s
Memory usage6.6 GB9.1 GB
Memory %21%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed
27/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
21/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
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
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