smollm2:1.7b
llama · 1.7B · Q8_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4:14b
phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
63 vs 75
Hardware Fit
99 vs 79
Quality Score
39 vs 73
Hardware
smollm2:1.7b phi4:14b
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 phi4:14b
Tokens/sec50.311.0
TTFT81 ms532 ms
Load time0.4 s0.7 s
Memory usage3.7 GB13.4 GB
Memory %12%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
smollm2:1.7b
Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
29/30
phi4:14b
Speed
19/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30
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
phi4:14b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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