starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 6, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
39 vs 78
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
13 vs 68
Hardware
starcoder2:3b lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec49.4105.9
First chunkN/A252 ms
TTFT155 ms252 ms
Load time0.4 sN/A
Memory usage3.0 GB0.1 GB
Memory %9%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
lfm2-24b-a2b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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