qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 0.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 55
Hardware Fit
93 vs 87
Quality Score
60 vs 41
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
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 qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Tokens/sec32.968.2
First chunk3096 ms3268 ms
TTFT3.1 s3.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB0.6 GB
Memory %8%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
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
qwen3.5-0.8b-mlx
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest