qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 22, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
52 vs 90
Hardware Fit
100 vs 87
Quality Score
31 vs 91
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec257.535.7
First chunk99 ms661 ms
TTFT99 ms6.5 s
Load timeN/A6.1 s
Memory usage0.3 GB3.1 GB
Memory %1%19%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
7/20
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
gemma4:e4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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