gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
50 vs 64
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
30 vs 49
Hardware
gemma3:270m smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M3 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM36 GB32 GB
GPUApple M3 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma3:270m smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec239.251.8
First chunk127 msN/A
TTFT127 ms84 ms
Load time0.7 s0.4 s
Memory usage0.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %2%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma3:270m
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate 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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