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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
70 vs 83
Hardware Fit
93 vs 65
Quality Score
60 vs 90

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec32.917.1
First chunk3096 ms705 ms
TTFT3.1 s10.2 s
Load timeN/A23.1 s
Memory usage2.5 GB13.1 GB
Memory %8%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
23/30

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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest