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qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 4.4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
83 vs 80
Hardware Fit
96 vs 77
Quality Score
78 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1218
RAM96 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec90.6129.8
First chunk159 ms77 ms
TTFT159 ms30.0 s
Load time5.8 s1.8 s
Memory usage42.5 GB19.7 GB
Memory %44%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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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