qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 57
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
60 vs 39
Hardware
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MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec32.9126.4
First chunk3096 ms139 ms
TTFT3.1 s139 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB0.3 GB
Memory %8%1%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
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
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
10/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest