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qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4-mini

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 39
Hardware Fit
100 vs 66
Quality Score
39 vs 21

Hardware

qwen2.5:0.5b phi4-mini
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:0.5b phi4-mini
Tokens/sec165.021.8
TTFT81 ms9.6 s
Load time0.5 s3.5 s
Memory usage1.7 GB0.0 GB
Memory %5%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

phi4-mini

Speed
31/40
TTFT
5/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen2.5:0.5b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak

phi4-mini

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak
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