qwen3.5-4b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.6-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
71 vs 80
Hardware Fit
88 vs 56
Quality Score
63 vs 90
Hardware
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen/qwen3.6-27b
Tokens/sec23.110.8
First chunk3279 ms16 ms
TTFT3.3 s2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB21.0 GB
Memory %9%66%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.6-27b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
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
qwen/qwen3.6-27b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest