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deepseek-r1:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:3b

qwen2 · 3.1B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
25 vs 80
Hardware Fit
46 vs 100
Quality Score
11 vs 67

Hardware

deepseek-r1:14b qwen2.5:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

deepseek-r1:14b qwen2.5:3b
Tokens/sec10.847.2
TTFT30.0 s168 ms
Load time5.3 s0.5 s
Memory usage16.5 GB4.0 GB
Memory %52%13%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-r1:14b

Speed
16/40
TTFT
0/30
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5:3b

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

Quality

deepseek-r1:14b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

qwen2.5:3b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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