qwen3.5-4b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 34
Hardware Fit
35 vs 21
Quality Score
73 vs 39
Hardware
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MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec0.06.1
First chunk5548 ms7 ms
TTFT5.5 s22.9 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB19.8 GB
Memory %5%82%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Speed
0/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30
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
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest