llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

61 vs 80

Hardware Fit

99 vs 100

Quality Score

36 vs 67

Hardware

llama2:7b qwen2.5:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama2:7b qwen2.5:3b

Tokens/sec25.147.2

TTFT228 ms168 ms

Load time0.4 s0.5 s

Memory usage5.8 GB4.0 GB

Memory %18%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen2.5:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama2:7b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

3/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

8/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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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