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yi-coder:9b

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 8.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4

starcoder2:3b

OLLAMA GGUF

starcoder2 · 3B · Q4_0

Not Rec.

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
70 vs 39
Hardware Fit
89 vs 100
Quality Score
62 vs 13

Hardware

yi-coder:9b starcoder2:3b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

yi-coder:9b starcoder2:3b
Tokens/sec19.449.4
First chunk287 msN/A
TTFT287 ms155 ms
Load time0.7 s0.4 s
Memory usage9.6 GB3.0 GB
Memory %30%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

yi-coder:9b

Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

starcoder2:3b

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

yi-coder:9b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
7/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Weak 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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