qwen2.5:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
70 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 77
Quality Score
57 vs 70
Hardware
qwen2.5:1.5b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5:1.5b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec84.121.5
First chunkN/A368 ms
TTFT119 ms368 ms
Load time0.5 s6.9 s
Memory usage2.6 GB12.9 GB
Memory %8%81%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5:1.5b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
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
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong 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