starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:26b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M
Apr 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
39 vs 33
Hardware Fit
100 vs 50
Quality Score
13 vs 25
Hardware
starcoder2:3b gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec49.420.0
First chunkN/A941 ms
TTFT155 ms30.0 s
Load time0.4 s0.2 s
Memory usage3.0 GB20.3 GB
Memory %9%85%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
gemma4:26b
Speed
42/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
8/30
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
gemma4:26b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
1/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
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$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest