starcoder2:7b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
35 vs 79
Hardware Fit
97 vs 98
Quality Score
8 vs 71
Hardware
starcoder2:7b ministral-3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:7b ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec23.841.4
First chunkN/A257 ms
TTFT251 ms257 ms
Load time0.4 s5.2 s
Memory usage6.3 GB9.0 GB
Memory %20%38%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
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
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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