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qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 35
Hardware Fit
67 vs 97
Quality Score
79 vs 8

Hardware

qwen3.5:27b starcoder2:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3.5:27b starcoder2:7b
Tokens/sec4.423.8
TTFT1.1 s251 ms
Load time13.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage22.7 GB6.3 GB
Memory %71%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:27b

Speed
7/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

starcoder2:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen3.5:27b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

starcoder2:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
2/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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