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llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
63 vs 48
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
39 vs 13

Hardware

llama3.2:1b starcoder2:3b
MachineMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:1b starcoder2:3b
Tokens/sec28.249.4
TTFT199 ms155 ms
Load time1.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage4.3 GB3.0 GB
Memory %13%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:1b

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

starcoder2:3b

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

Quality

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

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

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