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qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
57 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
39 vs 55

Hardware

qwen2.5:0.5b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen2.5:0.5b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec165.039.4
TTFT81 ms362 ms
Load time0.5 s0.3 s
Memory usage1.7 GB1.3 GB
Memory %5%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
28/30

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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