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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 8B · Q8_0

Excellent

Apr 26, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Global Score
65 vs 81
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 73

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
MachineMac miniASUS
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 5 5500
Cores1412
RAM64 GB31 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNavi 44 [Radeon RX 9060 XT]
OSmacOS 15.7.4Nobara Linux 43
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx llama-3.1-8b-instr…
Tokens/sec48.935.6
First chunk4208 ms52 ms
TTFT4.2 s256 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.6 GB8.6 GB
Memory %3%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

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

llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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