smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
nemotron-3-nano:4b
OLLAMA GGUFnemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 85
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 78
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b nemotron-3-nano:4b
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 nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec51.831.7
First chunkN/A265 ms
TTFT84 ms265 ms
Load time0.4 s2.2 s
Memory usage3.7 GB4.1 GB
Memory %12%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate 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