mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 64
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
61 vs 49
Hardware
mlx-community/gemm… smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
mlx-community/gemm… smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec86.351.8
First chunk253 msN/A
TTFT253 ms84 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage1.1 GB3.7 GB
Memory %4%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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
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