qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-opus-distilled-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 34
Hardware Fit
93 vs 21
Quality Score
60 vs 39
Hardware
qwen3.5-2b-mlx qwen3.5-27b-claude…
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 qwen3.5-27b-claude…
Tokens/sec32.96.1
First chunk3096 ms7 ms
TTFT3.1 s22.9 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.5 GB19.8 GB
Memory %8%82%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Speed
12/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
9/30
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
qwen3.5-27b-claude-4.6-…
Reasoning
1/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
8/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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