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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
65 vs 50
Hardware Fit
88 vs 97
Quality Score
55 vs 30

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
Cores1412
RAM64 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec48.9239.2
First chunk4208 ms127 ms
TTFT4.2 s127 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage1.6 GB0.6 GB
Memory %3%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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