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qwen3:4b

qwen3 · 4.0B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:0.8b

qwen35 · 873.44M · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
48 vs 70
Hardware Fit
53 vs 99
Quality Score
45 vs 51

Hardware

qwen3:4b qwen3.5:0.8b
Machine—MacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

qwen3:4b qwen3.5:0.8b
Tokens/sec11.348.2
TTFT9.2 s195 ms
Load time0.1 s1.0 s
Memory usage7.2 GB2.5 GB
Memory %23%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:4b

Speed
17/40
TTFT
6/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:0.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

qwen3:4b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:0.8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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