smollm2-1.7b-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXllama · 1.7B · bf16
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
65 vs 73
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
51 vs 61
Hardware
smollm2-1.7b-instr… llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
smollm2-1.7b-instr… llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec28.598.9
First chunk393 msN/A
TTFT393 ms125 ms
Load timeN/A2.3 s
Memory usage3.2 GB22.1 GB
Memory %10%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2-1.7b-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
llama3.2:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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