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starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
39 vs 76
Hardware Fit
100 vs 89
Quality Score
13 vs 71

Hardware

starcoder2:3b gemma2:9b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b gemma2:9b
Tokens/sec49.417.5
TTFT155 ms347 ms
Load time0.4 s0.8 s
Memory usage3.0 GB8.2 GB
Memory %9%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

gemma2:9b

Speed
29/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

starcoder2:3b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
5/20
Structured
2/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

gemma2:9b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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