qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 87
Hardware Fit
65 vs 85
Quality Score
57 vs 88
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
Tokens/sec14.345.7
First chunk24 ms17 ms
TTFT13.4 s390 ms
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB22.4 GB
Memory %10%70%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest