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starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 83
Hardware Fit
97 vs 80
Quality Score
49 vs 84

Hardware

starling-lm:7b qwen2.5:14b
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 qwen2.5:14b
Tokens/sec23.711.2
TTFT234 ms539 ms
Load time0.4 s1.0 s
Memory usage5.3 GB16.5 GB
Memory %17%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

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

qwen2.5:14b

Speed
20/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

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

qwen2.5:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
10/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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