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starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
44 vs 61
Hardware Fit
97 vs 90
Quality Score
8 vs 42

Hardware

starcoder2:7b gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

starcoder2:7b gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec23.887.9
TTFT251 ms2.3 s
Load time0.4 s0.2 s
Memory usage6.3 GB1.3 GB
Memory %20%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
20/30
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

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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