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starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5:7b

qwen2 · 7.6B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
48 vs 74
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
13 vs 61

Hardware

starcoder2:3b qwen2.5:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b qwen2.5:7b
Tokens/sec49.420.5
TTFT155 ms295 ms
Load time0.4 s0.8 s
Memory usage3.0 GB7.6 GB
Memory %9%24%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

qwen2.5:7b

Speed
33/40
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

qwen2.5:7b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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