deepseek-r1:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
66 vs 64
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
51 vs 49
Hardware
deepseek-r1:1.5b 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-r1:1.5b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec85.451.8
First chunk115 msN/A
TTFT115 ms84 ms
Load time0.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage2.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %8%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
deepseek-r1:1.5b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
deepseek-r1:1.5b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
6/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest