qwen2.5:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
dolphin3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 74
Hardware Fit
100 vs 92
Quality Score
57 vs 66
Hardware
qwen2.5:1.5b dolphin3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5:1.5b dolphin3:8b
Tokens/sec84.121.0
First chunkN/A314 ms
TTFT119 ms314 ms
Load time0.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage2.6 GB10.4 GB
Memory %8%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5:1.5b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
dolphin3:8b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen2.5:1.5b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
dolphin3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest