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qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 71
Hardware Fit
87 vs 88
Quality Score
56 vs 63

Hardware

qwen2.5:1.5b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
MachineShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRBMacBook Air
CPUZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000Apple M4
Cores810
RAM30 GB32 GB
GPUZX C-1190Apple M4
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:1.5b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Tokens/sec16.823.1
First chunk941 ms3279 ms
TTFT941 ms3.3 s
Load time0.2 sN/A
Memory usage1.0 GB2.9 GB
Memory %3%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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