qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 81
Hardware Fit
65 vs 82
Quality Score
57 vs 81
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec14.325.3
First chunk24 ms761 ms
TTFT13.4 s7.7 s
Load time13.3 s3.6 s
Memory usage2.5 GB7.1 GB
Memory %10%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
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
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong 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