qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
70 vs 64
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
60 vs 48
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-2b-mlx microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec32.990.3
First chunk3096 ms198 ms
TTFT3.1 s198 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB2.0 GB
Memory %8%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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