smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXllama · 1.7B · bf16
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
65 vs 90
Hardware Fit
99 vs 88
Quality Score
51 vs 91
Hardware
smollm2-1.7b-instr… gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
smollm2-1.7b-instr… gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec28.535.6
First chunk393 ms300 ms
TTFT393 ms6.1 s
Load timeN/A6.1 s
Memory usage3.2 GB3.1 GB
Memory %10%19%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
gemma4:e4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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
gemma4:e4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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