smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e2b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFAug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
49 vs 75
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
smollm2:1.7b gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec51.870.4
First chunkN/A96 ms
TTFT84 ms96 ms
Load time0.4 s2.5 s
Memory usage3.7 GB5.7 GB
Memory %12%36%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e2b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
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
gemma4:e2b-mlx
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest