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qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

aya:8b

command-r · 8.0B · F16

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
57 vs 66
Hardware Fit
100 vs 92
Quality Score
39 vs 55

Hardware

qwen2.5:0.5b aya: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 aya:8b
Tokens/sec165.020.0
TTFT81 ms300 ms
Load time0.5 s0.9 s
Memory usage1.7 GB6.0 GB
Memory %5%19%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

aya:8b

Speed
32/40
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

aya:8b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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