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phi3:3.8b

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit

Excellent

Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max

Global Score
64 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 52
Quality Score
48 vs 92

Hardware

phi3:3.8b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi3:3.8b qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec42.016.1
First chunkN/A14 ms
TTFT142 ms5.8 s
Load time1.1 s8.5 s
Memory usage16.0 GB0.0 GB
Memory %50%0%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi3:3.8b

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

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

phi3:3.8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
10/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate

qwen/qwen3.8-27b

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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