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qwen2.5:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Jun 17, 2026 · ZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000

starling-lm:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 65
Hardware Fit
87 vs 96
Quality Score
56 vs 52

Hardware

qwen2.5:1.5b starling-lm:7b
MachineShanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ZXE CRBMacBook Air
CPUZHAOXIN KaiXian KX-7000 KaiXian KX-7000Apple M4
Cores810
RAM30 GB32 GB
GPUZX C-1190Apple M4
OSMicrosoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26100macOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen2.5:1.5b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec16.823.8
First chunk941 ms232 ms
TTFT941 ms232 ms
Load time0.2 s0.4 s
Memory usage1.0 GB5.3 GB
Memory %3%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5:1.5b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

starling-lm:7b

Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

qwen2.5:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

starling-lm:7b

Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest