llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
starling-lm:7b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 7B · Q4_0
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 65
Hardware Fit
77 vs 96
Quality Score
70 vs 52
Hardware
llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
llama3.1:8b starling-lm:7b
Tokens/sec21.523.8
First chunk368 ms232 ms
TTFT368 ms232 ms
Load time6.9 s0.4 s
Memory usage12.9 GB5.3 GB
Memory %81%17%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
10/30
starling-lm:7b
Speed
46/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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
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