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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

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

Global Score
53 vs 83
Hardware Fit
81 vs 100
Quality Score
41 vs 76

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2Apple M1 Max
Cores810
RAM8 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2Apple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.5.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec24.832.4
First chunk317 ms306 ms
TTFT7.4 s306 ms
Load time0.0 s2.7 s
Memory usage3.9 GB6.5 GB
Memory %49%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
50/50
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
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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