qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:12b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 11.9B · Q4_K_M
Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925
Global Score
59 vs 77
Hardware Fit
65 vs 59
Quality Score
57 vs 84
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:12b
MachineMac miniASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM24 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx gemma4:12b
Tokens/sec14.326.8
First chunk24 ms632 ms
TTFT13.4 s30.0 s
Load time13.3 s5.4 s
Memory usage2.5 GB9.3 GB
Memory %10%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b
Speed
29/50
TTFT
0/20
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
gemma4:12b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate 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