qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
87 vs 69
Hardware Fit
85 vs 100
Quality Score
88 vs 56
Hardware
qwen3-coder-30b-a3… qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
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… qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec45.758.1
First chunk17 ms211 ms
TTFT390 ms211 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage22.4 GB1.5 GB
Memory %70%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3-coder-30b-a3b-ins…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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