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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
65 vs 67
Hardware Fit
88 vs 77
Quality Score
55 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4 ProIntel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores148
RAM64 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4 ProCometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec48.910.0
First chunk4208 ms1166 ms
TTFT4.2 s1.2 s
Load timeN/A6.8 s
Memory usage1.6 GB3.8 GB
Memory %3%25%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
27/50
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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest