qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus-reasoning-distilled
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 27B · Q4_K_M
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
53 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 63
Quality Score
41 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.8-27b-claude…
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
qwen3.8-27b-claude-opus…
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
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