qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score

62 vs 67

Hardware Fit

35 vs 77

Quality Score

73 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx llama3.2:3b

MachineMac miniLENOVO 20U30029MB

CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U

Cores148

RAM64 GB15 GB

GPUApple M4 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]

OSmacOS 15.7.4Pop 24.04 LTS

Archarm64x64

Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx llama3.2:3b

Tokens/sec0.010.0

First chunk5548 ms1166 ms

TTFT5.5 s1.2 s

Load timeN/A6.8 s

Memory usage2.9 GB3.8 GB

Memory %5%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed

0/50

TTFT

6/20

Memory

29/30

llama3.2:3b

Speed

27/50

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

12/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

9/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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