qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
53 vs 62
Hardware Fit
89 vs 99
Quality Score
38 vs 46
Hardware
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec52.940.3
First chunk4013 ms289 ms
TTFT4.0 s289 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.6 GB2.0 GB
Memory %1%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
9/20
Memory
30/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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