qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 34
Hardware Fit
65 vs 21
Quality Score
57 vs 39
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec14.36.1
First chunk24 ms7 ms
TTFT13.4 s22.9 s
Load time13.3 sN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB19.8 GB
Memory %10%82%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30
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
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest