qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
53 vs 84
Hardware Fit
82 vs 94
Quality Score
41 vs 80
Hardware
qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:9b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M1 Pro
Cores810
RAM8 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.725.0
First chunk302 ms357 ms
TTFT7.4 s357 ms
Load time3.2 s3.8 s
Memory usage3.8 GB8.4 GB
Memory %47%52%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30
Quality
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest