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starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

smollm2:1.7b

llama · 1.7B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
39 vs 64
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
13 vs 49

Hardware

starcoder2:3b smollm2:1.7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b smollm2:1.7b
Tokens/sec49.451.8
TTFT155 ms84 ms
Load time0.4 s0.4 s
Memory usage3.0 GB3.7 GB
Memory %9%12%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

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

smollm2:1.7b

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

smollm2:1.7b

Reasoning
7/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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