qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
70 vs 87
Hardware Fit
93 vs 85
Quality Score
60 vs 88
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3-coder-30b-a3…
Tokens/sec32.945.7
First chunk3096 ms17 ms
TTFT3.1 s390 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB22.4 GB
Memory %8%70%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
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-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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