llama3.1:8b
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
75 vs 62
Hardware Fit
93 vs 99
Quality Score
67 vs 46
Hardware
llama3.1:8b 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
llama3.1:8b microsoft/phi-4-mi…
Tokens/sec20.340.3
First chunkN/A289 ms
TTFT315 ms289 ms
Load time1.1 sN/A
Memory usage10.4 GB2.0 GB
Memory %33%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
llama3.1:8b
Speed
33/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
Quality
llama3.1:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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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