smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
64 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 67
Quality Score
49 vs 79
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b qwen3.5:27b
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 qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec51.84.4
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT84 ms1.1 s
Load time0.4 s13.2 s
Memory usage3.7 GB22.7 GB
Memory %12%71%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
7/50
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
qwen3.5:27b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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