gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

76 vs 35

Hardware Fit

89 vs 97

Quality Score

71 vs 8

Hardware

gemma2:9b starcoder2:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:9b starcoder2:7b

Tokens/sec17.523.8

TTFT347 ms251 ms

Load time0.8 s0.4 s

Memory usage8.2 GB6.3 GB

Memory %26%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

starcoder2:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

gemma2:9b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

15/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate 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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