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smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

vicuna:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 65
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
49 vs 43

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b vicuna:7b
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 vicuna:7b
Tokens/sec51.823.4
TTFT84 ms242 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage3.7 GB5.8 GB
Memory %12%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

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

vicuna:7b

Speed
37/40
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

vicuna:7b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
4/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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