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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen3vl · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
62 vs 87
Hardware Fit
35 vs 100
Quality Score
73 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3-vl-4b-instruct
MachineMac miniMac Studio
CPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
Cores1412
RAM64 GB96 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3-vl-4b-instruct
Tokens/sec0.071.2
First chunk5548 ms10 ms
TTFT5.5 s183 ms
Load timeN/A6.0 s
Memory usage2.9 GB0.3 GB
Memory %5%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

Speed
50/50
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

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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