qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m
OPENAI GGUFApr 22, 2026 · Apple M2 Max
Global Score
59 vs 62
Hardware Fit
65 vs 100
Quality Score
57 vs 46
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-vl-4b-instru…
MachineMac miniMac Studio
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
Cores1012
RAM24 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3-vl-4b-instru…
Tokens/sec14.367.2
First chunk24 ms66 ms
TTFT13.4 s68 ms
Load time13.3 s0.0 s
Memory usage2.5 GB0.2 GB
Memory %10%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…
Speed
50/50
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-vl-4b-instruct-q4…
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
1/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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