qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M
Aug 15, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Global Score
59 vs 78
Hardware Fit
65 vs 86
Quality Score
57 vs 74
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3:8b
MachineMac mini—
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Cores1024
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec14.348.5
First chunk24 ms202 ms
TTFT13.4 s4.3 s
Load time13.3 s4.2 s
Memory usage2.5 GB5.5 GB
Memory %10%9%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen3:8b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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