smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

wizardlm2:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

64 vs 59

Hardware Fit

100 vs 97

Quality Score

49 vs 43

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b wizardlm2:7b

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 wizardlm2:7b

Tokens/sec51.823.2

TTFT84 ms264 ms

Load time0.4 s0.6 s

Memory usage3.7 GB9.9 GB

Memory %12%31%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

wizardlm2:7b

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

wizardlm2:7b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

11/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

4/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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