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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 5, 2026 · AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395

Global Score
53 vs 65
Hardware Fit
81 vs 73
Quality Score
41 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniAZW GTR Pro
CPUApple M2AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 395
Cores832
RAM8 GB125 GB
GPUApple M2AMD Radeon 8060S
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec24.845.7
First chunk317 ms180 ms
TTFT7.4 s30.0 s
Load time0.0 s5.3 s
Memory usage3.9 GB16.2 GB
Memory %49%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
25/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
43/50
TTFT
0/20
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

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
8/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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