starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

68 vs 72

Hardware Fit

97 vs 98

Quality Score

49 vs 55

Hardware

starling-lm:7b gemma3:1b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

starling-lm:7b gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec23.739.4

TTFT234 ms362 ms

Load time0.4 s0.3 s

Memory usage5.3 GB1.3 GB

Memory %17%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

28/30

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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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