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qwen3.5:27b

qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 69
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
79 vs 55

Hardware

qwen3.5:27b deepseek-v2:16b
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 deepseek-v2:16b
Tokens/sec4.456.6
TTFT1.1 s239 ms
Load time13.2 s1.2 s
Memory usage22.7 GB17.7 GB
Memory %71%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3.5:27b

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

deepseek-v2:16b

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

deepseek-v2:16b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
10/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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