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smollm2-360m-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

llama · 360M · bf16

Marginal

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
52 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 83
Quality Score
32 vs 78

Hardware

smollm2-360m-instr… gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

smollm2-360m-instr… gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec121.112.7
First chunk106 msN/A
TTFT106 ms560 ms
Load timeN/A2.8 s
Memory usage0.7 GB11.0 GB
Memory %2%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2-360m-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

smollm2-360m-instruct

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
7/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest