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starcoder2:7b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:270m

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro

Global Score
35 vs 50
Hardware Fit
97 vs 97
Quality Score
8 vs 30

Hardware

starcoder2:7b gemma3:270m
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:7b gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec23.8239.2
First chunkN/A127 ms
TTFT251 ms127 ms
Load time0.4 s0.7 s
Memory usage6.3 GB0.6 GB
Memory %20%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:7b

Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:270m

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

starcoder2:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
2/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma3:270m

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

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$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest