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qwen2.5:7b

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 73
Hardware Fit
93 vs 86
Quality Score
61 vs 65

Hardware

qwen2.5:7b mistral-nemo:12b
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 mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec20.514.6
TTFT295 ms371 ms
Load time0.8 s1.0 s
Memory usage7.6 GB13.3 GB
Memory %24%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:7b

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

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed
26/40
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

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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