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phi3:3.8b

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

granite3.1-dense:2b

granite · 2.5B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
48 vs 54

Hardware

phi3:3.8b granite3.1-dense:2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi3:3.8b granite3.1-dense:2b
Tokens/sec42.054.6
TTFT142 ms121 ms
Load time1.1 s0.4 s
Memory usage16.0 GB5.6 GB
Memory %50%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi3:3.8b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

granite3.1-dense:2b

Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
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

granite3.1-dense:2b

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
14/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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