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deepseek-coder:6.7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 69
Hardware Fit
98 vs 100
Quality Score
39 vs 49

Hardware

deepseek-coder:6.7b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

deepseek-coder:6.7b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec24.151.8
TTFT251 ms84 ms
Load time0.9 s0.4 s
Memory usage12.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %39%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Speed
38/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

smollm2:1.7b

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

Quality

deepseek-coder:6.7b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
6/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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
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