qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma-2-2b-it
LM-STUDIO GGUFgemma2 · 2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Global Score
52 vs 58
Hardware Fit
100 vs 50
Quality Score
31 vs 62
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma-2-2b-it
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma-2-2b-it
Tokens/sec257.53.6
First chunk99 ms4509 ms
TTFT99 ms4.5 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB1.6 GB
Memory %1%10%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma-2-2b-it
Speed
14/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
24/30
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
gemma-2-2b-it
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest