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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
70 vs 59
Hardware Fit
93 vs 69
Quality Score
60 vs 54

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5:35b-a3b
Tokens/sec32.930.5
First chunk3096 ms333 ms
TTFT3.1 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A9.8 s
Memory usage2.5 GB25.1 GB
Memory %8%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
24/30

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

qwen3.5:35b-a3b

Reasoning
18/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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