qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-X925
Global Score
59 vs 77
Hardware Fit
65 vs 74
Quality Score
57 vs 78
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx phi4:14b
MachineMac miniNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM24 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx phi4:14b
Tokens/sec14.322.9
First chunk24 ms198 ms
TTFT13.4 s198 ms
Load time13.3 s10.3 s
Memory usage2.5 GB14.7 GB
Memory %10%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
24/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
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
phi4:14b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong 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