qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max
Global Score
53 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 77
Quality Score
41 vs 81
Hardware
qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M5 Max
Cores818
RAM8 GB48 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.7129.8
First chunk302 ms77 ms
TTFT7.4 s30.0 s
Load time3.2 s1.8 s
Memory usage3.8 GB19.7 GB
Memory %47%41%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30
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
qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest