smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
64 vs 74
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 63
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b llama3.2:3b
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 llama3.2:3b
Tokens/sec51.844.1
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT84 ms178 ms
Load time0.4 s0.8 s
Memory usage3.7 GB7.0 GB
Memory %12%22%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:3b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
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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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest