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starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma4:e4b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

Global Score
35 vs 90
Hardware Fit
100 vs 78
Quality Score
7 vs 95

Hardware

starcoder2:3b gemma4:e4b-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:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.546.1
First chunk392 ms284 ms
TTFT392 ms3.9 s
Load time4.8 s0.1 s
Memory usage1.8 GB10.8 GB
Memory %24%68%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:e4b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
Memory
16/30

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:e4b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest