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qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 64
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
79 vs 49

Hardware

qwen3.5:27b smollm2:1.7b
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 smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec4.451.8
TTFT1.1 s84 ms
Load time13.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage22.7 GB3.7 GB
Memory %71%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:27b

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

smollm2:1.7b

Speed
40/40
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

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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