qwen3.5-4b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35moe · 35B · IQ3_XXS
Jun 29, 2026 · Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Global Score
71 vs 79
Hardware Fit
88 vs 59
Quality Score
63 vs 87
Hardware
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
MachineMacBook AirDocker Container
CPUApple M4Intel Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900H
Cores1016
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedperformance
Performance
qwen3.5-4b-mlx qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Tokens/sec23.19.3
First chunk3279 ms21 ms
TTFT3.3 s3.6 s
Load timeN/A32.0 s
Memory usage2.9 GB1.8 GB
Memory %9%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
12/20
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
qwen3.6-35b-a3b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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