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qwen2.5-coder-3b-instruct-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen2 · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
73 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
61 vs 55

Hardware

qwen2.5-coder-3b-i… gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

qwen2.5-coder-3b-i… gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec52.339.5
First chunk285 msN/A
TTFT285 ms333 ms
Load timeN/A1.6 s
Memory usage1.6 GB1.3 GB
Memory %5%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen2.5-coder-3b-instru…

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

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

qwen2.5-coder-3b-instru…

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest