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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
62 vs 80
Hardware Fit
35 vs 100
Quality Score
73 vs 71

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m
MachineMac miniMac Pro
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1412
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec0.075.0
First chunk5548 ms136 ms
TTFT5.5 s136 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage2.9 GB0.8 GB
Memory %5%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
0/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

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

Quality

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma-3-4b-it-q4-k-m

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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