qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 45
Hardware Fit
93 vs 99
Quality Score
60 vs 22
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen2.5-math-1.5b-…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen2.5-math-1.5b-…
Tokens/sec32.991.7
First chunk3096 ms205 ms
TTFT3.1 s205 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB0.8 GB
Memory %8%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
1/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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