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llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 44
Hardware Fit
93 vs 97
Quality Score
53 vs 8

Hardware

llama3.1:8b starcoder2:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b starcoder2:7b
Tokens/sec20.223.8
TTFT481 ms251 ms
Load time3.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage10.4 GB6.3 GB
Memory %33%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

starcoder2:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

starcoder2:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
2/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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