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qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:7b

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
50 vs 74
Hardware Fit
67 vs 93
Quality Score
38 vs 61

Hardware

qwen3:8b qwen2.5:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:8b qwen2.5:7b
Tokens/sec18.720.5
TTFT12.1 s295 ms
Load time1.2 s0.8 s
Memory usage9.5 GB7.6 GB
Memory %30%24%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
6/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:7b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
5/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:7b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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