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qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi3:3.8b

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 69
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
39 vs 48

Hardware

qwen2.5:0.5b phi3:3.8b
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 phi3:3.8b
Tokens/sec165.042.0
TTFT81 ms142 ms
Load time0.5 s1.1 s
Memory usage1.7 GB16.0 GB
Memory %5%50%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

phi3:3.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
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

phi3:3.8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
10/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate
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