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gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

starling-lm:7b

llama · 7B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 68
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
42 vs 49

Hardware

gemma3:1b starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

gemma3:1b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec67.523.7
TTFT666 ms234 ms
Load time7.8 s0.4 s
Memory usage1.3 GB5.3 GB
Memory %4%17%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma3:1b

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

starling-lm:7b

Speed
37/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma3:1b

Reasoning
6/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

starling-lm:7b

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
3/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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