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smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

mistral-nemo:12b

llama · 12.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 73
Hardware Fit
99 vs 86
Quality Score
39 vs 65

Hardware

smollm2:1.7b mistral-nemo:12b
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 mistral-nemo:12b
Tokens/sec50.314.6
TTFT81 ms371 ms
Load time0.4 s1.0 s
Memory usage3.7 GB13.3 GB
Memory %12%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

smollm2:1.7b

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

mistral-nemo:12b

Speed
26/40
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

mistral-nemo:12b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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