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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · Q4_K_M

Good

Sep 19, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor

Global Score
62 vs 73
Hardware Fit
35 vs 50
Quality Score
73 vs 83

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core Processor
Cores1416
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a…
Tokens/sec0.010.5
First chunk5548 ms4 ms
TTFT5.5 s1.7 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB21.4 GB
Memory %5%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

Speed
16/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
16/30

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

qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b:2

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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