starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
39 vs 60
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
13 vs 52
Hardware
starcoder2:3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec49.4227.0
First chunkN/A60 ms
TTFT155 ms30.0 s
Load time0.4 s0.7 s
Memory usage3.0 GB2.6 GB
Memory %9%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
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
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest