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qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

orca-mini:3b

llama · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
59 vs 54
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
33 vs 24

Hardware

qwen2.5:0.5b orca-mini:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:0.5b orca-mini:3b
Tokens/sec162.730.6
TTFT81 ms126 ms
Load time0.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage1.7 GB2.6 GB
Memory %5%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

orca-mini:3b

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

Quality

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

orca-mini:3b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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