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Ollama vs Qwen Code

For Run a coding model locally or cheaply.

Ollama scored 81/100 and Qwen Code scored 40/100. The gap is 41 points on the rubric. Nothing else is inferred.

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Ollama

81 / 100

Rank 1 on this job · tested 15 Oct 2026

Qwen Code

40 / 100

Rank 4 on this job · tested 16 Oct 2026

Rubric breakdown

  • Job result (40)32 Ollama4 Qwen Code
  • Speed and effort (15)12 Ollama3 Qwen Code
  • Price and free tier (15)15 Ollama15 Qwen Code
  • Ease of start (10)6 Ollama6 Qwen Code
  • Reliability and trust (10)8 Ollama5 Qwen Code
  • Community signal (10)8 Ollama7 Qwen Code

Evidence · Ollama

Ollama 0.40.4, qwen2.5-coder:3b, 15Gi CPU, no GPU. Two prompts, 65.6s then 44.2s. Final files passed tsc and the debounce/REST checks. Evidence: evidence/2026-10-16/ca6/ollama/.

Evidence · Qwen Code

Qwen Code 0.25.2 with --auth-type openai and Ollama's /v1 endpoint. A 60s ping returned tool-call text. A 20s task returned grep_search JSON and did not write the files. A 120s run with --max-tool-calls 0 was cancelled with an empty stdout. Evidence: evidence/2026-10-16/batch3/qwen-code/.

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