qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
ornith-1.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
70 vs 69
Hardware Fit
93 vs 95
Quality Score
60 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx ornith-1.5:9b
Tokens/sec32.922.2
First chunk3096 ms341 ms
TTFT3.1 s341 ms
Load timeN/A4.8 s
Memory usage2.5 GB7.1 GB
Memory %8%45%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
ornith-1.5:9b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
ornith-1.5:9b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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