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qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusion-f711-gain-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · MXFP4

Excellent

Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
58 vs 88
Hardware Fit
79 vs 70
Quality Score
49 vs 96

Hardware

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MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM16 GB128 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec22.130.4
First chunk601 ms27 ms
TTFT9.1 s4.4 s
Load time4.2 sN/A
Memory usage7.2 GB19.9 GB
Memory %45%16%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
48/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
26/30

qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…

Speed
34/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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