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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

ornith-1.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
65 vs 69
Hardware Fit
88 vs 95
Quality Score
55 vs 58

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
Tokens/sec48.922.2
First chunk4208 ms341 ms
TTFT4.2 s341 ms
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage1.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %3%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

ornith-1.5:9b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

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

ornith-1.5:9b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest