Benchmarks / Which Small AI Model Should You Run on a Mac? We Ran 312 Tests / Assistant actions

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The prompt

Tools offered: create_reminder, add_calendar_event, set_timer, set_alarm, control_light, set_thermostat, lock_door, send_message, play_music, get_weather, add_to_list, navigate_to

user

Remind me tonight at 8 to take my vitamins.

What we expected

{
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": {
          "type": "contains_all",
          "values": [
            "vitamin"
          ]
        },
        "when": {
          "type": "datetime",
          "value": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00",
          "tolerance_s": 60
        }
      },
      "allow_extra_args": []
    }
  ]
}

What each model answered

MiMo-V2.6 Distill 9B

✓ pass · score 100 · 1.98 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

I'll set that reminder for tonight at 8:00 PM.

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

Ornith-1.5 9B

✓ pass · score 100 · 1.94 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

I'll set that reminder for tonight at 8:00 PM.

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

Granite 4.2 8B

✓ pass · score 100 · 1.72 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

Spark-X2.5 4B

✓ pass · score 100 · 0.71 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

Mellum2.1 12B-A2.5B

✓ pass · score 100 · 0.68 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

Ling-3.0-tiny (7.9B-A1.3B)

✓ pass · score 100 · 0.50 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take your vitamins.","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take your vitamins.",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

MiniCPM5 2B

✓ pass · score 100 · 0.49 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take your vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take your vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

K2-Horizon 0.9B

✓ pass · score 100 · 0.29 s

create_reminder({"text":"Take my vitamins","when":"2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"})

Scoring detail

{
  "n_calls": 1,
  "calls": [
    {
      "name": "create_reminder",
      "args": {
        "text": "Take my vitamins",
        "when": "2026-10-21T20:00:00-05:00"
      },
      "error": null
    }
  ],
  "per_call": [
    {
      "expected": "create_reminder",
      "matched_index": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "args": {
        "text": true,
        "when": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "extra_calls": 0,
  "base": 1
}

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