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qwen2.5:7b

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 69
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
61 vs 49

Hardware

qwen2.5:7b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:7b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec20.551.8
TTFT295 ms84 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %24%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:7b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

smollm2:1.7b

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

Quality

qwen2.5:7b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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