starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
nemotron-3-nano:4b
OLLAMA GGUFnemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
63 vs 93
Hardware Fit
97 vs 95
Quality Score
49 vs 92
Hardware
starling-lm:7b nemotron-3-nano:4b
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 nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec23.731.7
First chunkN/A270 ms
TTFT234 ms2.9 s
Load time0.4 s2.1 s
Memory usage5.3 GB4.1 GB
Memory %17%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
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
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
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