phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 8bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
71 vs 70
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
58 vs 60
Hardware
phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-2b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec36.232.9
First chunkN/A3096 ms
TTFT190 ms3.1 s
Load time0.8 sN/A
Memory usage8.3 GB2.5 GB
Memory %26%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest