neural-chat:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
67 vs 64
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
55 vs 49
Hardware
neural-chat: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
neural-chat:7b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec22.551.8
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT242 ms84 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage4.5 GB3.7 GB
Memory %14%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
neural-chat:7b
Speed
36/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
neural-chat:7b
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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