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llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 68
Hardware Fit
93 vs 97
Quality Score
67 vs 49

Hardware

llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec20.323.7
TTFT315 ms234 ms
Load time1.1 s0.4 s
Memory usage10.4 GB5.3 GB
Memory %33%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

starling-lm:7b

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

Quality

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong 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
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