qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 9B · 4bit
Mar 11, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
45 vs 59
Hardware Fit
99 vs 65
Quality Score
22 vs 57
Hardware
qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… qwen3.5-9b-mlx
Tokens/sec91.714.3
First chunk205 ms24 ms
TTFT205 ms13.4 s
Load timeN/A13.3 s
Memory usage0.8 GB2.5 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-mlx
Speed
32/50
TTFT
3/20
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-mlx
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
9/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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