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qwen3.5-9b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q6_K

Not Rec.

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
59 vs 72
Hardware Fit
65 vs 35
Quality Score
57 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1016
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26200
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec14.38.3
First chunk24 ms32 ms
TTFT13.4 s2.0 s
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB28.9 GB
Memory %10%91%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-9b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
13/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
5/30

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/qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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