qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
ministral-3:3b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 71
Hardware Fit
89 vs 99
Quality Score
65 vs 59
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b ministral-3:3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b ministral-3:3b
Tokens/sec28.942.2
First chunk338 ms189 ms
TTFT338 ms189 ms
Load timeN/A1.2 s
Memory usage6.1 GB7.0 GB
Memory %10%22%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
ministral-3:3b
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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