qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen2.5:7b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
87 vs 84
Hardware Fit
85 vs 95
Quality Score
88 vs 79
Hardware
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen2.5:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen2.5:7b
Tokens/sec45.722.2
First chunk17 msN/A
TTFT390 ms285 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage22.4 GB7.6 GB
Memory %70%24%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
qwen2.5:7b
Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
qwen2.5:7b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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