llama2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3.5:9b

qwen35 · 9.7B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

55 vs 80

Hardware Fit

99 vs 81

Quality Score

36 vs 80

Hardware

llama2:7b qwen3.5:9b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama2:7b qwen3.5:9b

Tokens/sec25.111.8

TTFT228 ms523 ms

Load time0.4 s2.9 s

Memory usage5.8 GB9.1 GB

Memory %18%28%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama2:7b

Speed

39/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

qwen3.5:9b

Speed

21/40

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

qwen3.5:9b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

16/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

15/15

Math

10/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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