ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
76 vs 64
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
71 vs 49
Hardware
ministral-3:8b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec19.551.8
First chunk328 msN/A
TTFT328 ms84 ms
Load time1.5 s0.4 s
Memory usage10.6 GB3.7 GB
Memory %33%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest