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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS

Excellent

Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H

Global Score
65 vs 80
Hardware Fit
88 vs 62
Quality Score
55 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5-35b-a3b
MachineMac miniDocker Container
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1416
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 ProTigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec48.910.6
First chunk4208 ms52 ms
TTFT4.2 s3.2 s
Load timeN/A7.6 s
Memory usage1.6 GB1.1 GB
Memory %3%7%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
13/20
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

qwen3.5-35b-a3b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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