starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

neural-chat:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

44 vs 71

Hardware Fit

97 vs 96

Quality Score

8 vs 55

Hardware

starcoder2:7b neural-chat:7b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:7b neural-chat:7b

Tokens/sec23.822.5

TTFT251 ms242 ms

Load time0.4 s0.4 s

Memory usage6.3 GB4.5 GB

Memory %20%14%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

neural-chat:7b

Speed

36/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

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

neural-chat:7b

Reasoning

7/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

12/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

8/10

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

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