starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score

48 vs 64

Hardware Fit

100 vs 56

Quality Score

13 vs 70

Hardware

starcoder2:3b llama3.1:8b

MachineMacBook AirMac Mini

CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

Cores1014

RAM32 GB64 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

starcoder2:3b llama3.1:8b

Tokens/sec49.45.5

TTFT155 ms1.4 s

Load time0.4 s3.7 s

Memory usage3.0 GB28.6 GB

Memory %9%45%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed

5/40

TTFT

22/30

Memory

29/30

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

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning

12/20

Coding

17/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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