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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
62 vs 65
Hardware Fit
35 vs 73
Quality Score
73 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M4 ProAMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores1432
RAM64 GB125 GB
GPUApple M4 ProAMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec0.045.7
First chunk5548 ms180 ms
TTFT5.5 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.3 s
Memory usage2.9 GB16.2 GB
Memory %5%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
43/50
TTFT
0/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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