qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 18, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
59 vs 81
Hardware Fit
65 vs 68
Quality Score
57 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM24 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec14.316.4
First chunk24 ms5 ms
TTFT13.4 s742 ms
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB38.5 GB
Memory %10%30%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
18/50
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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest