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smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-r1:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 25
Hardware Fit
100 vs 46
Quality Score
49 vs 11

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b deepseek-r1:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

smollm2:1.7b deepseek-r1:14b
Tokens/sec51.810.8
TTFT84 ms30.0 s
Load time0.4 s5.3 s
Memory usage3.7 GB16.5 GB
Memory %12%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

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

deepseek-r1:14b

Speed
16/40
TTFT
0/30
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

deepseek-r1:14b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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