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qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
70 vs 81
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
57 vs 81

Hardware

qwen2.5:1.5b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:1.5b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec84.125.3
First chunkN/A761 ms
TTFT119 ms7.7 s
Load time0.5 s3.6 s
Memory usage2.6 GB7.1 GB
Memory %8%44%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

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

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest