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starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
35 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
7 vs 75

Hardware

starcoder2:3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Pro
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M1 Pro
Cores610
RAM7 GB16 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M1 Pro
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec31.570.4
First chunk392 ms96 ms
TTFT392 ms96 ms
Load time4.8 s2.5 s
Memory usage1.8 GB5.7 GB
Memory %24%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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:e2b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest