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qwen3.6:27b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
20 vs 71
Hardware Fit
34 vs 88
Quality Score
14 vs 63

Hardware

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.6:27b qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.623.1
First chunk1344 ms3279 ms
TTFT30.0 s3.3 s
Load time0.2 sN/A
Memory usage18.1 GB2.9 GB
Memory %75%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.6:27b

Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

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

Quality

qwen3.6:27b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest