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qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
70 vs 85
Hardware Fit
93 vs 80
Quality Score
60 vs 87

Hardware

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-2b-mlx gemma4:26b-nvfp4
Tokens/sec32.965.7
First chunk3096 ms233 ms
TTFT3.1 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A5.0 s
Memory usage2.5 GB15.2 GB
Memory %8%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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