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starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

falcon:7b

falcon · 7B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
48 vs 47
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
13 vs 13

Hardware

starcoder2:3b falcon:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b falcon:7b
Tokens/sec49.424.3
TTFT155 ms256 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage3.0 GB4.0 GB
Memory %9%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

falcon:7b

Speed
38/40
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

falcon:7b

Reasoning
0/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
4/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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