qwen3.5:4b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN27B
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
68 vs 66
Hardware Fit
86 vs 91
Quality Score
60 vs 55
Hardware
qwen3.5:4b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM16 GB64 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:4b qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec36.533.2
First chunk207 ms7 ms
TTFT6.6 s311 ms
Load time3.2 sN/A
Memory usage5.3 GB0.5 GB
Memory %33%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5:4b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
9/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest