neural-chat:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

71 vs 48

Hardware Fit

96 vs 100

Quality Score

55 vs 13

Hardware

neural-chat:7b starcoder2:3b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

neural-chat:7b starcoder2:3b

Tokens/sec22.549.4

TTFT242 ms155 ms

Load time0.4 s0.4 s

Memory usage4.5 GB3.0 GB

Memory %14%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

neural-chat:7b

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

starcoder2:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

neural-chat:7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

12/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

starcoder2:3b

Reasoning

0/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

5/20

Structured

2/15

Math

2/15

Multilingual

2/10

Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

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