starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
63 vs 90
Hardware Fit
97 vs 88
Quality Score
49 vs 91
Hardware
starling-lm:7b gemma4:e4b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starling-lm:7b gemma4:e4b
Tokens/sec23.735.6
First chunkN/A300 ms
TTFT234 ms6.1 s
Load time0.4 s6.1 s
Memory usage5.3 GB3.1 GB
Memory %17%19%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:e4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
8/20
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
gemma4:e4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest