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phi4-mini:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
75 vs 80
Hardware Fit
84 vs 77
Quality Score
71 vs 81

Hardware

phi4-mini:latest qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Pro
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M5 Max
Cores418
RAM16 GB48 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M5 Max
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.5.2
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

phi4-mini:latest qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.8129.8
First chunk643 ms77 ms
TTFT643 ms30.0 s
Load time31.5 s1.8 s
Memory usage2.9 GB19.7 GB
Memory %19%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini:latest

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest