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starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-v2:16b

deepseek2 · 15.7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
68 vs 73
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
49 vs 55

Hardware

starling-lm:7b deepseek-v2:16b
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 deepseek-v2:16b
Tokens/sec23.756.6
TTFT234 ms239 ms
Load time0.4 s1.2 s
Memory usage5.3 GB17.7 GB
Memory %17%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starling-lm:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

deepseek-v2:16b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
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

deepseek-v2:16b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
10/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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