starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

nous-hermes2:latest

llama · 11B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

39 vs 68

Hardware Fit

100 vs 87

Quality Score

13 vs 60

Hardware

starcoder2:3b nous-hermes2:latest

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

starcoder2:3b nous-hermes2:latest

Tokens/sec49.415.9

TTFT155 ms345 ms

Load time0.4 s0.4 s

Memory usage3.0 GB6.6 GB

Memory %9%21%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

starcoder2:3b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

nous-hermes2:latest

Speed

27/40

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

nous-hermes2:latest

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

12/20

Structured

15/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

9/10

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

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