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qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:3b

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 69
Hardware Fit
99 vs 98
Quality Score
53 vs 49

Hardware

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

Performance

qwen2.5:3b llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec38.527.8
TTFT204 ms285 ms
Load time0.5 s1.9 s
Memory usage4.0 GB7.0 GB
Memory %13%22%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:3b

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

llama3.2:3b

Speed
38/40
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

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
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