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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
65 vs 76
Hardware Fit
88 vs 77
Quality Score
55 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-a3b-co…
Tokens/sec48.972.7
First chunk4208 ms147 ms
TTFT4.2 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.7 s
Memory usage1.6 GB19.6 GB
Memory %3%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

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

Quality

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-a3b-coding-…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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