starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
39 vs 62
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
13 vs 46
Hardware
starcoder2:3b microsoft/phi-4-mi…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec49.440.3
First chunkN/A289 ms
TTFT155 ms289 ms
Load time0.4 sN/A
Memory usage3.0 GB2.0 GB
Memory %9%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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