mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B-Chat-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5:7b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
73 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
62 vs 79
Hardware
mlx-community/Yi-1… qwen2.5:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/Yi-1… qwen2.5:7b
Tokens/sec29.122.2
First chunk451 msN/A
TTFT451 ms285 ms
Load timeN/A0.8 s
Memory usage0.9 GB7.6 GB
Memory %3%24%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5:7b
Speed
35/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/Yi-1.5-6B…
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
qwen2.5:7b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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