qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
70 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 79
Quality Score
57 vs 73
Hardware
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b… phi4:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b… phi4:14b
Tokens/sec58.411.0
First chunk234 msN/A
TTFT234 ms532 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage1.5 GB13.4 GB
Memory %5%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
19/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
phi4:14b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest