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qwen3.5:4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Marginal

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2

qwen3.8:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.3B · Q4_K_M

Good

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
53 vs 68
Hardware Fit
81 vs 22
Quality Score
41 vs 88

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.8:latest
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M2AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores832
RAM8 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 26.5.2Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b-mlx qwen3.8:latest
Tokens/sec24.810.0
First chunk317 ms1041 ms
TTFT7.4 s14.3 s
Load time0.0 s22.3 s
Memory usage3.9 GB26.2 GB
Memory %49%82%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b-mlx

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

qwen3.8:latest

Speed
12/50
TTFT
1/20
Memory
9/30

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:latest

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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