smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXllama · 1.7B · bf16
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
openai/gpt-oss-20b
LM-STUDIO MLXgpt_oss · 20B · MXFP4
Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
65 vs 82
Hardware Fit
99 vs 85
Quality Score
51 vs 81
Hardware
smollm2-1.7b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
smollm2-1.7b-instr… openai/gpt-oss-20b
Tokens/sec28.531.8
First chunk393 ms32 ms
TTFT393 ms8.4 s
Load timeN/A22.7 s
Memory usage3.2 GB0.0 GB
Memory %10%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
11/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
openai/gpt-oss-20b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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