smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXllama · 1.7B · bf16
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-instruct-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen2 · 1.5B · 8bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
65 vs 70
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
51 vs 57
Hardware
smollm2-1.7b-instr… qwen2.5-coder-1.5b…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
smollm2-1.7b-instr… qwen2.5-coder-1.5b…
Tokens/sec28.558.4
First chunk393 ms234 ms
TTFT393 ms234 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage3.2 GB1.5 GB
Memory %10%5%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
qwen2.5-coder-1.5b-inst…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
12/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest