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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q8_0

Excellent

Aug 22, 2026 · AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 89
Hardware Fit
65 vs 88
Quality Score
57 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
MachineMac miniDell Inc. PowerEdge XE8545
CPUApple M4AMD EPYC 7713 64-Core Processor
Cores10128
RAM24 GB1007 GB
GPUApple M4GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], Integrated Matrox G200eW3 Graphics Controller, GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB], GA100 [A100 SXM4 80GB]
OSmacOS 26.3Rocky Linux 8.10
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
Tokens/sec14.339.9
First chunk24 ms192 ms
TTFT13.4 s192 ms
Load time13.3 s19.0 s
Memory usage2.5 GB51.0 GB
Memory %10%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Speed
38/50
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

qwen3.8:27b-q8_0

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
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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