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deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:0.5b

qwen2 · 494.03M · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 59
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
55 vs 33

Hardware

deepseek-v2:16b qwen2.5:0.5b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

deepseek-v2:16b qwen2.5:0.5b
Tokens/sec56.6162.7
TTFT239 ms81 ms
Load time1.2 s0.5 s
Memory usage17.7 GB1.7 GB
Memory %55%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-v2:16b

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

qwen2.5:0.5b

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

Quality

deepseek-v2:16b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
10/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

qwen2.5:0.5b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak
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