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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

phi-1_5

LM-STUDIO GGUF

phi2 · Q8_0

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
62 vs 28
Hardware Fit
35 vs 66
Quality Score
73 vs 11

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx phi-1_5
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores144
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx phi-1_5
Tokens/sec0.06.9
First chunk5548 ms3040 ms
TTFT5.5 s3.0 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB1.4 GB
Memory %5%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

phi-1_5

Speed
24/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
26/30

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

phi-1_5

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
0/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest