qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
nous-hermes2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 11B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 68
Hardware Fit
89 vs 87
Quality Score
65 vs 60
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b nous-hermes2:latest
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 nous-hermes2:latest
Tokens/sec28.915.9
First chunk338 msN/A
TTFT338 ms345 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage6.1 GB6.6 GB
Memory %10%21%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
nous-hermes2:latest
Speed
27/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
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
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest