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qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

smollm2-360m-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 360M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
53 vs 48
Hardware Fit
89 vs 98
Quality Score
38 vs 26

Hardware

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx smollm2-360m-instr…
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores144
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProIntel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx smollm2-360m-instr…
Tokens/sec52.920.0
First chunk4013 ms1116 ms
TTFT4.0 s1.1 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.6 GB0.3 GB
Memory %1%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
9/20
Memory
30/30

smollm2-360m-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30

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

smollm2-360m-instruct

Reasoning
3/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
8/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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