starcoder2:7b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
35 vs 84
Hardware Fit
97 vs 69
Quality Score
8 vs 90
Hardware
starcoder2:7b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:7b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec23.828.9
First chunkN/A33 ms
TTFT251 ms4.4 s
Load time0.4 s7.9 s
Memory usage6.3 GB0.0 GB
Memory %20%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest