mlx-community/Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
57 vs 69
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
39 vs 56
Hardware
mlx-community/Llam… qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/Llam… qwen2.5-1.5b-instr…
Tokens/sec126.458.1
First chunk139 ms211 ms
TTFT139 ms211 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB1.5 GB
Memory %1%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
10/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
qwen2.5-1.5b-instruct
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest