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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

llama3.2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
53 vs 74
Hardware Fit
82 vs 100
Quality Score
41 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx llama3.2:3b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M2Apple M4
Cores810
RAM8 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec24.744.1
First chunk302 msN/A
TTFT7.4 s178 ms
Load time3.2 s0.8 s
Memory usage3.8 GB7.0 GB
Memory %47%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

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

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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