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qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

LM-STUDIO GGUF

gemma4 · 26B · Q3_K_M

Excellent

Apr 5, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
55 vs 84
Hardware Fit
87 vs 64
Quality Score
41 vs 92

Hardware

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx unsloth/gemma-4-26…
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx unsloth/gemma-4-26…
Tokens/sec68.216.5
First chunk3268 ms32 ms
TTFT3.3 s2.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.6 GB19.3 GB
Memory %2%80%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
24/30

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Speed
36/50
TTFT
18/20
Memory
10/30

Quality

qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

unsloth/gemma-4-26b-a4b…

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest