ministral-3:3b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
phi3:3.8b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
71 vs 64
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
59 vs 48
Hardware
ministral-3:3b phi3:3.8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:3b phi3:3.8b
Tokens/sec42.242.0
First chunk189 msN/A
TTFT189 ms142 ms
Load time1.2 s1.1 s
Memory usage7.0 GB16.0 GB
Memory %22%50%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:3b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
phi3:3.8b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:3b
Reasoning
5/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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
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