phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
71 vs 63
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
58 vs 49
Hardware
phi4-mini:latest 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
phi4-mini:latest starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec36.223.7
First chunkN/AN/A
TTFT190 ms234 ms
Load time0.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage8.3 GB5.3 GB
Memory %26%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
37/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate 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