qwen3.5:27b
qwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4-mini:latest
phi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 71
Hardware Fit
67 vs 100
Quality Score
79 vs 58
Hardware
qwen3.5:27b phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
qwen3.5:27b phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec4.436.2
TTFT1.1 s190 ms
Load time13.2 s0.8 s
Memory usage22.7 GB8.3 GB
Memory %71%26%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
qwen3.5:27b
Speed
7/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30
Quality
qwen3.5:27b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
9/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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