qwen3.5-4b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 2B · 4bit
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
71 vs 65
Hardware Fit
88 vs 88
Quality Score
63 vs 55
Hardware
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5-2b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Tokens/sec23.148.9
First chunk3279 ms4208 ms
TTFT3.3 s4.2 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB1.6 GB
Memory %9%3%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
Memory
30/30
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
qwen3.5-2b-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest