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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
53 vs 62
Hardware Fit
82 vs 35
Quality Score
41 vs 73

Hardware

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MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M2Apple M4 Pro
Cores814
RAM8 GB64 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.70.0
First chunk302 ms5548 ms
TTFT7.4 s5.5 s
Load time3.2 sN/A
Memory usage3.8 GB2.9 GB
Memory %47%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
0/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
29/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
4/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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