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qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
74 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 89
Quality Score
57 vs 71

Hardware

qwen2.5:1.5b gemma2:9b
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 gemma2:9b
Tokens/sec84.117.5
TTFT119 ms347 ms
Load time0.5 s0.8 s
Memory usage2.6 GB8.2 GB
Memory %8%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:1.5b

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

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/40
TTFT
30/30
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

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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