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starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

gemma4 · 31B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
39 vs 85
Hardware Fit
100 vs 64
Quality Score
13 vs 94

Hardware

starcoder2:3b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b gemma-4-31b-it-mlx
Tokens/sec49.413.6
First chunkN/A16 ms
TTFT155 ms558 ms
Load time0.4 s12.3 s
Memory usage3.0 GB0.0 GB
Memory %9%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Speed
14/50
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

gemma-4-31b-it-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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