phi4-mini

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma2:9b

gemma2 · 9.2B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

39 vs 69

Hardware Fit

66 vs 89

Quality Score

21 vs 56

Hardware

phi4-mini gemma2:9b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi4-mini gemma2:9b

Tokens/sec21.816.8

TTFT9.6 s372 ms

Load time3.5 s0.8 s

Memory usage0.0 GB8.2 GB

Memory %0%26%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini

Speed

31/40

TTFT

5/30

Memory

30/30

gemma2:9b

Speed

29/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

phi4-mini

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

0/20

Structured

0/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

5/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Weak

gemma2:9b

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

13/20

Structured

15/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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