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qwen3:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
76 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 77
Quality Score
65 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3:1.7b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMicrosoft WSLMacBook Pro
CPUAMD Ryzen 5 5500Apple M5 Max
Cores1218
RAM8 GB48 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 26.04.1 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:1.7b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec161.3129.8
First chunk51 ms77 ms
TTFT51 ms30.0 s
Load time5.2 s1.8 s
Memory usage1.6 GB19.7 GB
Memory %21%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:1.7b

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

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest