qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Global Score
70 vs 61
Hardware Fit
93 vs 69
Quality Score
60 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec32.96.6
First chunk3096 ms2277 ms
TTFT3.1 s2.3 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB0.9 GB
Memory %8%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Speed
23/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
27/30
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
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest