phi4-mini

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

39 vs 65

Hardware Fit

66 vs 77

Quality Score

21 vs 57

Hardware

phi4-mini phi4:14b

MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

phi4-mini phi4:14b

Tokens/sec21.811.1

TTFT9.6 s515 ms

Load time3.5 s9.3 s

Memory usage0.0 GB13.4 GB

Memory %0%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini

Speed

31/40

TTFT

5/30

Memory

30/30

phi4:14b

Speed

17/40

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

phi4:14b

Reasoning

16/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

11/20

Structured

13/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

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

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