qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO UNKNOWN27B
Aug 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
65 vs 66
Hardware Fit
88 vs 91
Quality Score
55 vs 55
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
Cores1418
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 27.0
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec48.933.2
First chunk4208 ms7 ms
TTFT4.2 s311 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.6 GB0.5 GB
Memory %3%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
41/50
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
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
0/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Weak
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest