mlx-community/quantized-gemma-2b-it
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
45 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 94
Quality Score
21 vs 80
Hardware
mlx-community/quan… qwen3.5:9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/quan… qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Tokens/sec44.425.0
First chunk336 ms357 ms
TTFT336 ms357 ms
Load timeN/A3.8 s
Memory usage0.1 GB8.4 GB
Memory %0%52%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/quantized…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:9b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30
Quality
mlx-community/quantized…
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
4/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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
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