qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
94 vs 77
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
91 vs 81
Hardware
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec44.820.3
First chunk405 ms4216 ms
TTFT405 ms4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage16.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %50%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
29/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-2507
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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