qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
70 vs 83
Hardware Fit
100 vs 68
Quality Score
57 vs 90
Hardware
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec58.427.6
First chunk234 ms10 ms
TTFT234 ms4.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage1.5 GB21.0 GB
Memory %5%16%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
32/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest