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smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:4b

gemma3 · 4.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
64 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 71

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b gemma3:4b
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 gemma3:4b
Tokens/sec51.834.6
TTFT84 ms303 ms
Load time0.4 s1.2 s
Memory usage3.7 GB4.6 GB
Memory %12%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

gemma3:4b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
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

gemma3:4b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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