phi3:3.8b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 79
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
48 vs 71
Hardware
phi3:3.8b ministral-3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
phi3:3.8b ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec42.041.4
First chunkN/A257 ms
TTFT142 ms257 ms
Load time1.1 s5.2 s
Memory usage16.0 GB9.0 GB
Memory %50%38%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi3:3.8b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
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
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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