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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen3vl · 4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3vl · 4.4B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Apr 20, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

Global Score
87 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 96
Quality Score
81 vs 78

Hardware

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MachineMac StudioMac Studio
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Max
Cores1212
RAM96 GB96 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M2 Max
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec72.090.6
First chunk7 ms159 ms
TTFT176 ms159 ms
Load time6.7 s5.8 s
Memory usage0.0 GB42.5 GB
Memory %0%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

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

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

Quality

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3-vl:4b-instruct

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest