qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS
Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Global Score
59 vs 79
Hardware Fit
65 vs 59
Quality Score
57 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniDocker Container
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM24 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec14.39.3
First chunk24 ms21 ms
TTFT13.4 s3.6 s
Load time13.3 s32.0 s
Memory usage2.5 GB1.8 GB
Memory %10%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
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
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
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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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest