qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507-claude-4.5-sonnet-high-reasoning-distill-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_moe · 30B · MXFP4
Apr 22, 2026 · Apple M2 Max
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
95 vs 70
Hardware Fit
94 vs 100
Quality Score
96 vs 57
Hardware
qwen3-30b-a3b-thin… qwen2.5-coder-1.5b…
MachineMac StudioMacBook Air
CPUApple M2 MaxApple M4
Cores1210
RAM96 GB32 GB
GPUApple M2 MaxApple M4
OSmacOS 26.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3-30b-a3b-thin… qwen2.5-coder-1.5b…
Tokens/sec80.458.4
First chunk46 ms234 ms
TTFT1.8 s234 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage21.2 GB1.5 GB
Memory %22%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
14/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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
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