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phi3:3.8b

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

deepseek-r1:14b

qwen2 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
69 vs 25
Hardware Fit
100 vs 46
Quality Score
48 vs 11

Hardware

phi3:3.8b deepseek-r1:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

phi3:3.8b deepseek-r1:14b
Tokens/sec42.010.8
TTFT142 ms30.0 s
Load time1.1 s5.3 s
Memory usage16.0 GB16.5 GB
Memory %50%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi3:3.8b

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

deepseek-r1:14b

Speed
16/40
TTFT
0/30
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

deepseek-r1:14b

Reasoning
1/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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