ornith-1.5:9b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 9.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
69 vs 63
Hardware Fit
95 vs 97
Quality Score
58 vs 49
Hardware
ornith-1.5:9b starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ornith-1.5:9b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec22.223.7
First chunk341 msN/A
TTFT341 ms234 ms
Load time4.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage7.1 GB5.3 GB
Memory %45%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ornith-1.5:9b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ornith-1.5:9b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
2/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Strong Multilingual: Poor
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest