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smollm2:360m

llama · 361.82M · F16

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
58 vs 59
Hardware Fit
99 vs 99
Quality Score
30 vs 33

Hardware

smollm2:360m qwen2.5:0.5b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

smollm2:360m qwen2.5:0.5b
Tokens/sec115.1162.7
TTFT39 ms81 ms
Load time0.4 s0.5 s
Memory usage1.2 GB1.7 GB
Memory %4%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:360m

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

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

Quality

smollm2:360m

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

qwen2.5:0.5b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak

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