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qwen2.5:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:4b

qwen35 · 4.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
82 vs 81
Hardware Fit
80 vs 88
Quality Score
84 vs 76

Hardware

qwen2.5:14b qwen3.5:4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:14b qwen3.5:4b
Tokens/sec11.216.6
TTFT539 ms369 ms
Load time1.0 s1.5 s
Memory usage16.5 GB6.5 GB
Memory %52%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:14b

Speed
20/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5:4b

Speed
28/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen2.5:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5:4b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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