starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
llama3.2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
65 vs 73
Hardware Fit
96 vs 100
Quality Score
52 vs 61
Hardware
starling-lm:7b llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
starling-lm:7b llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec23.898.9
First chunk232 msN/A
TTFT232 ms125 ms
Load time0.4 s2.3 s
Memory usage5.3 GB22.1 GB
Memory %17%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.2:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate 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