starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.6:35b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35moe · 36.0B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
39 vs 70
Hardware Fit
100 vs 66
Quality Score
13 vs 71
Hardware
starcoder2:3b qwen3.6:35b
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 qwen3.6:35b
Tokens/sec49.430.6
First chunkN/A304 ms
TTFT155 ms30.0 s
Load time0.4 s10.0 s
Memory usage3.0 GB28.1 GB
Memory %9%59%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
qwen3.6:35b
Speed
45/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
21/30
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
qwen3.6:35b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
6/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest