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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen2.5:72b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 72.7B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 27, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
62 vs 75
Hardware Fit
35 vs 50
Quality Score
73 vs 86

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen2.5:72b
MachineMac miniNVIDIA NVIDIA_DGX_Spark
CPUApple M4 ProCortex-X925
Cores1420
RAM64 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4 ProDevice 2e12
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen2.5:72b
Tokens/sec0.04.4
First chunk5548 ms529 ms
TTFT5.5 s529 ms
Load timeN/A49.7 s
Memory usage2.9 GB54.0 GB
Memory %5%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

qwen2.5:72b

Speed
4/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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

qwen2.5:72b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest