qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M2
phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
53 vs 74
Hardware Fit
81 vs 98
Quality Score
41 vs 63
Hardware
qwen3.5:4b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
MachineMac miniNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M2Cortex-A78AE
Cores86
RAM8 GB7 GB
GPUApple M2Integrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.5.2Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:4b-mlx phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec24.818.4
First chunk317 ms1078 ms
TTFT7.4 s1.1 s
Load time0.0 s6.4 s
Memory usage3.9 GB2.9 GB
Memory %49%39%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
25/30
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
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
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest