qwen2.5:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
57 vs 79
Hardware
qwen2.5:1.5b qwen3.5:27b
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 qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec84.14.4
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT119 ms1.1 s
Load time0.5 s13.2 s
Memory usage2.6 GB22.7 GB
Memory %8%71%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5:1.5b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
7/50
TTFT
30/20
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
qwen3.5:27b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest