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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_S

Not Rec.

Mar 14, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
45 vs 72
Hardware Fit
99 vs 51
Quality Score
22 vs 81

Hardware

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-… qwen3.5-9b
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-… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec91.714.4
First chunk205 ms4 ms
TTFT205 ms824 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.8 GB48.3 GB
Memory %3%151%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5-math-1.5b-instr…

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

qwen3.5-9b

Speed
31/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
0/30

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

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