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gemma2:2b

gemma2 · 2.6B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:7b

starcoder2 · 7B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
77 vs 35
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
67 vs 8

Hardware

gemma2:2b starcoder2:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma2:2b starcoder2:7b
Tokens/sec55.123.8
TTFT152 ms251 ms
Load time0.6 s0.4 s
Memory usage2.8 GB6.3 GB
Memory %9%20%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma2:2b

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

starcoder2:7b

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

Quality

gemma2:2b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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
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