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starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen2 · 1.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Aug 28, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-10210U

Global Score
39 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
13 vs 54

Hardware

starcoder2:3b qwen2.5-coder:1.5b
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20U30029MB
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-10210U
Cores108
RAM32 GB15 GB
GPUApple M4CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
OSmacOS 26.3Pop 24.04 LTS
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedlow-power

Performance

starcoder2:3b qwen2.5-coder:1.5b
Tokens/sec49.421.8
First chunkN/A499 ms
TTFT155 ms499 ms
Load time0.4 s4.4 s
Memory usage3.0 GB1.5 GB
Memory %9%10%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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

qwen2.5-coder:1.5b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
11/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
11/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest