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nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:1.5b

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
71 vs 74
Hardware Fit
87 vs 100
Quality Score
60 vs 57

Hardware

nous-hermes2:latest qwen2.5:1.5b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

nous-hermes2:latest qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec15.984.1
TTFT345 ms119 ms
Load time0.4 s0.5 s
Memory usage6.6 GB2.6 GB
Memory %21%8%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed
27/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:1.5b

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

Quality

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:1.5b

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