starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

phi3:14b

phi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

35 vs 63

Hardware Fit

97 vs 83

Quality Score

8 vs 55

Hardware

starcoder2:7b phi3:14b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:7b phi3:14b

Tokens/sec23.812.7

TTFT251 ms434 ms

Load time0.4 s0.9 s

Memory usage6.3 GB17.7 GB

Memory %20%55%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:7b

Speed

37/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

phi3:14b

Speed

23/40

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

phi3:14b

Reasoning

14/20

Coding

2/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

7/15

Math

8/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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