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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q4_K_XL

Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 88
Hardware Fit
65 vs 77
Quality Score
57 vs 93

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
MachineMac miniASUS
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM24 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, Raphael
OSmacOS 26.3cachyos rolling
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma-4-26b-a4b-it…
Tokens/sec14.3169.2
First chunk24 ms5 ms
TTFT13.4 s122 ms
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB26.0 GB
Memory %10%85%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
7/30

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

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it-qat

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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