smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFnvfp4
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 91
Quality Score
49 vs 58
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b qwen3.5:4b-mlx
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 qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Tokens/sec51.842.2
First chunkN/A201 ms
TTFT84 ms4.4 s
Load time0.4 s0.0 s
Memory usage3.7 GB3.8 GB
Memory %12%24%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
qwen3.5:4b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest