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gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
72 vs 68
Hardware Fit
99 vs 99
Quality Score
54 vs 47

Hardware

gemma2:2b qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec53.881.5
TTFT170 ms119 ms
Load time0.6 s0.5 s
Memory usage2.8 GB2.6 GB
Memory %9%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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