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starling-lm:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gpt-oss:20b

OLLAMA GGUF

gptoss · 20.9B · MXFP4

Excellent

Apr 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 87
Hardware Fit
97 vs 83
Quality Score
49 vs 88

Hardware

starling-lm:7b gpt-oss:20b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starling-lm:7b gpt-oss:20b
Tokens/sec23.724.3
First chunkN/A529 ms
TTFT234 ms4.5 s
Load time0.4 s11.2 s
Memory usage5.3 GB13.1 GB
Memory %17%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gpt-oss:20b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
11/20
Memory
23/30

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

gpt-oss:20b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest