qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Global Score
55 vs 48
Hardware Fit
87 vs 63
Quality Score
41 vs 41
Hardware
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx smollm2-1.7b-instr…
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx smollm2-1.7b-instr…
Tokens/sec68.26.6
First chunk3268 ms3184 ms
TTFT3.3 s3.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.6 GB1.0 GB
Memory %2%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
24/30
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
23/50
TTFT
15/20
Memory
25/30
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
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest