llama-3.2-3b-instruct

llama · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 63

Hardware Fit

100 vs 97

Quality Score

60 vs 49

Hardware

llama-3.2-3b-instr… starling-lm:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama-3.2-3b-instr… starling-lm:7b

Tokens/sec48.223.7

TTFT265 ms234 ms

Load time0.0 s0.4 s

Memory usage0.0 GB5.3 GB

Memory %0%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

starling-lm:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

13/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

3/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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

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