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qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
52 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
31 vs 54

Hardware

qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… qwen2.5-coder:1.5b
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… qwen2.5-coder:1.5b
Tokens/sec257.521.8
First chunk99 ms499 ms
TTFT99 ms499 ms
Load timeN/A4.4 s
Memory usage0.3 GB1.5 GB
Memory %1%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
11/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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