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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Marginal

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
49 vs 56
Hardware Fit
83 vs 84
Quality Score
35 vs 44

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama2:13b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama2:13b
Tokens/sec18.613.5
TTFT2.9 s415 ms
Load time0.0 s0.6 s
Memory usage0.0 GB10.3 GB
Memory %0%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
31/40
TTFT
22/30
Memory
30/30

llama2:13b

Speed
24/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
4/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

llama2:13b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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