smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
64 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
49 vs 67
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b llama3.1:8b
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 llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec51.820.3
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT84 ms315 ms
Load time0.4 s1.1 s
Memory usage3.7 GB10.4 GB
Memory %12%33%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
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
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak 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