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starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
44 vs 80
Hardware Fit
97 vs 100
Quality Score
8 vs 67

Hardware

starcoder2:7b gemma2:2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:7b gemma2:2b
Tokens/sec23.855.1
TTFT251 ms152 ms
Load time0.4 s0.6 s
Memory usage6.3 GB2.8 GB
Memory %20%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:7b

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

gemma2:2b

Speed
40/40
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

gemma2:2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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