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starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Jul 7, 2026 · Cortex-X925

Global Score
39 vs 88
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
13 vs 92

Hardware

starcoder2:3b gemma4:26b
MachineMacBook AirASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. GX10
CPUApple M4Cortex-X925
Cores1020
RAM32 GB122 GB
GPUApple M4Device 2e12
OSmacOS 26.3Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedperformance

Performance

starcoder2:3b gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec49.466.7
First chunkN/A583 ms
TTFT155 ms30.0 s
Load time0.4 s6.7 s
Memory usage3.0 GB17.6 GB
Memory %9%15%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest