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qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:0.6b

qwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 77
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
53 vs 62

Hardware

qwen2.5:3b qwen3:0.6b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:3b qwen3:0.6b
Tokens/sec38.5145.2
TTFT204 ms1.4 s
Load time0.5 s0.7 s
Memory usage4.0 GB4.1 GB
Memory %13%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:3b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

qwen3:0.6b

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

Quality

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3:0.6b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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