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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 84
Hardware Fit
65 vs 80
Quality Score
57 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:26b
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1032
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec14.3147.6
First chunk24 ms139 ms
TTFT13.4 s30.0 s
Load time13.3 s21.3 s
Memory usage2.5 GB1.7 GB
Memory %10%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest