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starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

tinyllama:1.1b

llama · 1B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
39 vs 43
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
13 vs 19

Hardware

starcoder2:3b tinyllama:1.1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b tinyllama:1.1b
Tokens/sec49.4121.0
TTFT155 ms82 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage3.0 GB0.7 GB
Memory %9%2%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

tinyllama:1.1b

Speed
40/40
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

tinyllama:1.1b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
7/15
Math
0/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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