starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
35 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 82
Quality Score
7 vs 85
Hardware
starcoder2:3b gemma4:12b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M2 Pro
Cores610
RAM7 GB16 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M2 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b gemma4:12b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.527.2
First chunk392 ms732 ms
TTFT392 ms8.1 s
Load time4.8 s3.5 s
Memory usage1.8 GB7.1 GB
Memory %24%44%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30
Quality
starcoder2:3b
Reasoning
0/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
1/20
Structured
0/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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