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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Jul 9, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10400

Global Score
65 vs 83
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
MachineMac miniMac Pro
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10400
Cores1412
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProAMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.1
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m
Tokens/sec48.962.7
First chunk4208 ms278 ms
TTFT4.2 s278 ms
Load timeN/A0.0 s
Memory usage1.6 GB0.0 GB
Memory %3%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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

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

qwen3-5-4b-q4-k-m

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