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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

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Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

qwen3.5:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
53 vs 64
Hardware Fit
81 vs 69
Quality Score
41 vs 62

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M2Intel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores88
RAM8 GB15 GB
GPUApple M2CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.5.2Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec24.87.4
First chunk317 ms1815 ms
TTFT7.4 s1.8 s
Load time0.0 s10.9 s
Memory usage3.9 GB3.5 GB
Memory %49%23%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
19/50
TTFT
20/20
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
15/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
12/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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