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gemma3:4b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Jun 25, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

smollm2:1.7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
46 vs 64
Hardware Fit
93 vs 100
Quality Score
26 vs 49

Hardware

gemma3:4b smollm2:1.7b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Air
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M4
Cores610
RAM7 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma3:4b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec14.951.8
First chunk2204 msN/A
TTFT2.2 s84 ms
Load time2.0 s0.4 s
Memory usage2.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %35%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:4b

Speed
45/50
TTFT
19/20
Memory
29/30

smollm2:1.7b

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

Quality

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
0/20
Structured
0/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
0/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Poor

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
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest