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ornith-1.5:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

smollm2:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 64
Hardware Fit
95 vs 100
Quality Score
58 vs 49

Hardware

ornith-1.5:9b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

ornith-1.5:9b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec22.251.8
First chunk341 msN/A
TTFT341 ms84 ms
Load time4.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB3.7 GB
Memory %45%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

ornith-1.5:9b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30

smollm2:1.7b

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

Quality

ornith-1.5:9b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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