starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen2.5:1.5b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
63 vs 70
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 57
Hardware
starling-lm:7b qwen2.5:1.5b
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 qwen2.5:1.5b
Tokens/sec23.784.1
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT234 ms119 ms
Load time0.4 s0.5 s
Memory usage5.3 GB2.6 GB
Memory %17%8%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen2.5:1.5b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
qwen2.5:1.5b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest