llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Jun 26, 2026 · Cortex-A78AE
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
46 vs 63
Hardware Fit
61 vs 97
Quality Score
40 vs 49
Hardware
llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
MachineNVIDIA NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Engineering Reference Developer Kit SuperMacBook Air
CPUCortex-A78AEApple M4
Cores610
RAM7 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 22.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec7.823.7
First chunk1625 msN/A
TTFT1.6 s234 ms
Load time21.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage5.2 GB5.3 GB
Memory %71%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
26/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
15/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
1/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak 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
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest