gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXgemma3_text · 270M · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
43 vs 62
Hardware Fit
99 vs 99
Quality Score
19 vs 46
Hardware
gemma-3-270m-it-qa… microsoft/phi-4-mi…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma-3-270m-it-qa… microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec344.240.3
First chunk173 ms289 ms
TTFT173 ms289 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage0.3 GB2.0 GB
Memory %1%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
gemma-3-270m-it-qat-mlx
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
3/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
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