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qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
80 vs 42
Hardware Fit
100 vs 60
Quality Score
67 vs 30

Hardware

qwen2.5:3b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen2.5:3b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec47.218.2
TTFT168 ms12.4 s
Load time0.5 s2.7 s
Memory usage4.0 GB9.5 GB
Memory %13%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:3b

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

qwen3:8b

Speed
27/40
TTFT
3/30
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

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
4/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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