qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXexaone · 2.4B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 75
Hardware Fit
65 vs 100
Quality Score
57 vs 64
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx exaone-3.5-2.4b-in…
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx exaone-3.5-2.4b-in…
Tokens/sec14.337.0
First chunk24 ms288 ms
TTFT13.4 s288 ms
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB2.4 GB
Memory %10%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Speed
50/50
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
exaone-3.5-2.4b-instruc…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong 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