qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e2b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 82
Hardware Fit
65 vs 99
Quality Score
57 vs 75
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM24 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec14.370.4
First chunk24 ms96 ms
TTFT13.4 s96 ms
Load time13.3 s2.5 s
Memory usage2.5 GB5.7 GB
Memory %10%36%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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:e2b-mlx
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest