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qwen3:1.7b

qwen3 · 2.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
70 vs 68
Hardware Fit
87 vs 99
Quality Score
59 vs 47

Hardware

qwen3:1.7b qwen2.5:1.5b
Machine—MacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:1.7b qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec37.981.5
TTFT3.1 s119 ms
Load time1.2 s0.5 s
Memory usage4.9 GB2.6 GB
Memory %15%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:1.7b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
17/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

qwen3:1.7b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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