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smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

tinyllama:1.1b

llama · 1B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 50
Hardware Fit
99 vs 99
Quality Score
39 vs 18

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b tinyllama:1.1b
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 tinyllama:1.1b
Tokens/sec50.3129.6
TTFT81 ms58 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage3.7 GB0.7 GB
Memory %12%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

tinyllama:1.1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30

Quality

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

tinyllama:1.1b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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