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qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 1.5B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5-9b

LM-STUDIO GGUF

qwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
45 vs 72
Hardware Fit
99 vs 89
Quality Score
22 vs 65

Hardware

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec91.728.9
First chunk205 ms338 ms
TTFT205 ms338 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.8 GB6.1 GB
Memory %3%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen3.5-9b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ metrillm

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