granite4.2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFgranite · 3.7B · Q4_K_M
Aug 29, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
smollm2:1.7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
59 vs 64
Hardware Fit
80 vs 100
Quality Score
50 vs 49
Hardware
granite4.2:3b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
granite4.2:3b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec46.351.8
First chunk167 msN/A
TTFT167 ms84 ms
Load time6.3 s0.4 s
Memory usage12.7 GB3.7 GB
Memory %79%12%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
granite4.2:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
granite4.2:3b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
0/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
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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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest