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qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4_k_m.gguf

OPENAI GGUF
Good

Apr 21, 2026 · Apple M2 Max

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
62 vs 65
Hardware Fit
100 vs 88
Quality Score
46 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen3.5-2b-mlx
MachineMac StudioMac mini
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
Cores1214
RAM96 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3-vl-4b-instru… qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec67.848.9
First chunk62 ms4208 ms
TTFT64 ms4.2 s
Load time0.0 sN/A
Memory usage0.0 GB1.6 GB
Memory %0%3%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

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

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3-vl-4b-instruct-q4…

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
1/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-2b-mlx

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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