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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

unsloth-phi-4

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 4bit

Excellent

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 82
Hardware Fit
35 vs 88
Quality Score
73 vs 80

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx unsloth-phi-4
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx unsloth-phi-4
Tokens/sec0.027.4
First chunk5548 ms457 ms
TTFT5.5 s457 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB7.7 GB
Memory %5%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

unsloth-phi-4

Speed
38/50
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

unsloth-phi-4

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest