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qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
67 vs 84

Hardware

qwen2.5:3b qwen2.5:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:3b qwen2.5:14b
Tokens/sec47.211.2
TTFT168 ms539 ms
Load time0.5 s1.0 s
Memory usage4.0 GB16.5 GB
Memory %13%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:3b

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

qwen2.5:14b

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

Quality

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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
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