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phi4-mini:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M

Good

Nov 4, 2026 · Intel Core™ i7-9700

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

LM-STUDIO MLX

qwen3_5 · 4B · 4bit

Good

Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
75 vs 71
Hardware Fit
84 vs 88
Quality Score
71 vs 63

Hardware

phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-4b-mlx
MachineVMware, Inc. VMware Virtual PlatformMacBook Air
CPUIntel Core™ i7-9700Apple M4
Cores410
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUIntegrated / UnknownApple M4
OSUbuntu 24.04.5 LTSmacOS 26.3
Archx64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

phi4-mini:latest qwen3.5-4b-mlx
Tokens/sec10.823.1
First chunk643 ms3279 ms
TTFT643 ms3.3 s
Load time31.5 sN/A
Memory usage2.9 GB2.9 GB
Memory %19%9%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini:latest

Speed
34/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Speed
45/50
TTFT
13/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

phi4-mini:latest

Reasoning
13/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
14/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.5-4b-mlx

Reasoning
15/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
6/20
Structured
6/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest