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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 · 4.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Oct 12, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
62 vs 81
Hardware Fit
35 vs 98
Quality Score
73 vs 74

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniMicrosoft WSL
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1412
RAM64 GB8 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntegrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec0.093.7
First chunk5548 ms249 ms
TTFT5.5 s249 ms
Load timeN/A10.1 s
Memory usage2.9 GB2.9 GB
Memory %5%38%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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
15/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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