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starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama2:13b

llama · 13B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 60
Hardware Fit
97 vs 84
Quality Score
49 vs 44

Hardware

starling-lm:7b llama2:13b
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 llama2:13b
Tokens/sec23.713.5
TTFT234 ms415 ms
Load time0.4 s0.6 s
Memory usage5.3 GB10.3 GB
Memory %17%32%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

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

llama2:13b

Speed
24/40
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

llama2:13b

Reasoning
9/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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