starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 72

Hardware Fit

97 vs 99

Quality Score

49 vs 54

Hardware

starling-lm:7b gemma2:2b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starling-lm:7b gemma2:2b

Tokens/sec23.753.8

TTFT234 ms170 ms

Load time0.4 s0.6 s

Memory usage5.3 GB2.8 GB

Memory %17%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma2:2b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

29/30

Quality

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

gemma2:2b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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