llama-3.2-3b-instruct

llama · 3B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

72 vs 39

Hardware Fit

100 vs 100

Quality Score

60 vs 13

Hardware

llama-3.2-3b-instr… starcoder2:3b

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… starcoder2:3b

Tokens/sec48.249.4

TTFT265 ms155 ms

Load time0.0 s0.4 s

Memory usage0.0 GB3.0 GB

Memory %0%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama-3.2-3b-instruct

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

starcoder2:3b

Speed

40/40

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

starcoder2:3b

Reasoning

0/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

5/20

Structured

2/15

Math

2/15

Multilingual

2/10

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

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