qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q8_0
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
70 vs 91
Hardware Fit
93 vs 88
Quality Score
60 vs 92
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
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 gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Tokens/sec32.930.0
First chunk3096 ms311 ms
TTFT3.1 s6.2 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage2.5 GB5.0 GB
Memory %8%31%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
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
gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest