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qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
59 vs 60
Hardware Fit
69 vs 80
Quality Score
54 vs 52

Hardware

qwen3.5:35b-a3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM48 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3.1macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:35b-a3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec30.5227.0
First chunk333 ms60 ms
TTFT30.0 s30.0 s
Load time9.8 s0.7 s
Memory usage25.1 GB2.6 GB
Memory %52%6%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

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

Quality

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong 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