MacBook M5 Pro and Qwen3.5 = Local AI Security System
6 hours ago
- #Benchmark
- #Local AI
- #Privacy
- Qwen3.5-9B achieves 93.8% performance on a MacBook Pro M5, close to GPT-5.4 (97.9%) and GPT-5.4-mini (95.8%).
- Local models like Qwen3.5-9B offer zero API costs, full data privacy, and competitive performance (93.8% vs. cloud models).
- Qwen3.5-35B-MoE has a faster Time to First Token (TTFT) (435ms) than OpenAI cloud models (e.g., GPT-5.4-nano at 508ms).
- HomeSec-Bench evaluates LLMs on 96 tests across 16 suites, focusing on home security workflows (e.g., event deduplication, tool use, security classification).
- Local AI (e.g., Qwen3.5-9B) demonstrates viability for domain-specific tasks, scoring within 4% of GPT-5.4 while running offline on consumer hardware.