smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 10, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
64 vs 66
Hardware Fit
100 vs 34
Quality Score
49 vs 80
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b qwen3.5:27b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
smollm2:1.7b qwen3.5:27b
Tokens/sec51.84.0
First chunkN/A1655 ms
TTFT84 ms1.7 s
Load time0.4 s12.9 s
Memory usage3.7 GB21.3 GB
Memory %12%89%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
8/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
6/30
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
qwen3.5:27b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong 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