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qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4-mini:latest

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 71
Hardware Fit
88 vs 100
Quality Score
76 vs 58

Hardware

qwen3.5:4b phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:4b phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec16.636.2
TTFT369 ms190 ms
Load time1.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage6.5 GB8.3 GB
Memory %20%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

phi4-mini:latest

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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