qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
59 vs 73
Hardware Fit
65 vs 100
Quality Score
57 vs 61
Hardware
qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:latest
MachineMac miniMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM24 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
qwen3.5-9b-mlx llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec14.398.9
First chunk24 msN/A
TTFT13.4 s125 ms
Load time13.3 s2.3 s
Memory usage2.5 GB22.1 GB
Memory %10%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.2:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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