qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max
Global Score
52 vs 53
Hardware Fit
100 vs 72
Quality Score
31 vs 45
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… qwen3.5:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… qwen3.5:9b
Tokens/sec257.518.6
First chunk99 ms403 ms
TTFT99 ms10.2 s
Load timeN/A4.3 s
Memory usage0.3 GB9.1 GB
Memory %1%28%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:9b
Speed
38/50
TTFT
4/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
qwen3.5:9b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest