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qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 63
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
47 vs 39

Hardware

qwen2.5:1.5b llama3.2:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen2.5:1.5b llama3.2:1b
Tokens/sec81.569.6
TTFT119 ms169 ms
Load time0.5 s0.1 s
Memory usage2.6 GB4.3 GB
Memory %8%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:1.5b

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

llama3.2:1b

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

Quality

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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