gemma4:26b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M
Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
85 vs 63
Hardware Fit
77 vs 97
Quality Score
89 vs 49
Hardware
gemma4:26b starling-lm:7b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:26b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec24.523.7
First chunk1481 msN/A
TTFT1.5 s234 ms
Load time24.7 s0.4 s
Memory usage20.3 GB5.3 GB
Memory %85%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:26b
Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
8/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
gemma4:26b
Reasoning
17/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
14/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest