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qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 1.5B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
45 vs 75
Hardware Fit
99 vs 93
Quality Score
22 vs 67

Hardware

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec91.720.3
First chunk205 msN/A
TTFT205 ms315 ms
Load timeN/A1.1 s
Memory usage0.8 GB10.4 GB
Memory %3%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
3/20
Structured
1/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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