qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S
Mar 14, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B-Chat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 73
Hardware Fit
51 vs 100
Quality Score
81 vs 62
Hardware
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MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec14.429.1
First chunk4 ms451 ms
TTFT824 ms451 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage48.3 GB0.9 GB
Memory %151%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
31/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
0/30
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest