starcoder2:3b
OLLAMA GGUFstarcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/gemma-3-1b-it-8bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
39 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
13 vs 61
Hardware
starcoder2:3b mlx-community/gemm…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
starcoder2:3b mlx-community/gemm…
Tokens/sec49.486.3
First chunkN/A253 ms
TTFT155 ms253 ms
Load time0.4 sN/A
Memory usage3.0 GB1.1 GB
Memory %9%4%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starcoder2:3b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
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
mlx-community/gemma-3-1…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
14/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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