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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
62 vs 53
Hardware Fit
35 vs 72
Quality Score
73 vs 45

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Max
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec0.018.6
First chunk5548 ms403 ms
TTFT5.5 s10.2 s
Load timeN/A4.3 s
Memory usage2.9 GB9.1 GB
Memory %5%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:9b

Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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