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cogito:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:360m

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 361.82M · F16

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
67 vs 52
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
53 vs 32

Hardware

cogito:3b smollm2:360m
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

cogito:3b smollm2:360m
Tokens/sec45.6117.9
First chunk177 msN/A
TTFT177 ms43 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.0 GB1.2 GB
Memory %22%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

cogito:3b

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

smollm2:360m

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

Quality

cogito:3b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
8/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

smollm2:360m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
9/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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