qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 0.5B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:1b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
Global Score
52 vs 59
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
31 vs 42
Hardware
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit Super
CPUApple M4Cortex-A78AE
Cores106
RAM32 GB7 GB
GPUApple M4Integrated / Unknown
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-0.5b-instr… gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec257.534.0
First chunk99 ms1876 ms
TTFT99 ms1.9 s
Load timeN/A1.7 s
Memory usage0.3 GB0.8 GB
Memory %1%11%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-0.5b-instruct-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:1b
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
gemma3:1b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
7/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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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