starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit
LM-STUDIO GGUFMar 5, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
65 vs 74
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
52 vs 63
Hardware
starling-lm:7b mlx-community/Llam…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec23.850.6
First chunk232 ms257 ms
TTFT232 ms257 ms
Load time0.4 sN/A
Memory usage5.3 GB0.7 GB
Memory %17%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
starling-lm:7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
8/20
Structured
3/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
mlx-community/Llama-3.2…
Reasoning
9/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest