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qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:31b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
71 vs 76
Hardware Fit
88 vs 46
Quality Score
63 vs 89

Hardware

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5-4b-mlx gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec23.122.4
First chunk3279 ms565 ms
TTFT3.3 s30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage2.9 GB43.9 GB
Memory %9%69%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:31b

Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30

Quality

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

gemma4:31b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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