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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Good

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

nemotron-3-nano:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

nemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
68 vs 85
Hardware Fit
91 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 78

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx nemotron-3-nano:4b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec42.231.7
First chunk201 ms265 ms
TTFT4.4 s265 ms
Load time0.0 s2.2 s
Memory usage3.8 GB4.1 GB
Memory %24%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

nemotron-3-nano:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest