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llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 80
Hardware Fit
98 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 67

Hardware

llama3.2:3b qwen2.5:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:3b qwen2.5:3b
Tokens/sec27.847.2
TTFT285 ms168 ms
Load time1.9 s0.5 s
Memory usage7.0 GB4.0 GB
Memory %22%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:3b

Speed
38/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:3b

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

Quality

llama3.2:3b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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