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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

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LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
53 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 63
Quality Score
41 vs 87

Hardware

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MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M4 Max
Cores816
RAM8 GB128 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

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Tokens/sec24.724.0
First chunk302 ms20 ms
TTFT7.4 s4.5 s
Load time3.2 sN/A
Memory usage3.8 GB15.7 GB
Memory %47%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

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Speed
27/50
TTFT
6/20
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

qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest