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lmstudio-community/Phi-4-reasoning-plus-MLX-4bit

LM-STUDIO GGUF
Not Rec.

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

Global Score
33 vs 73
Hardware Fit
74 vs 100
Quality Score
15 vs 61

Hardware

lmstudio-community… llama3.2:latest
MachineMacBook AirMac Mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

lmstudio-community… llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec11.598.9
First chunk670 msN/A
TTFT670 ms125 ms
Load timeN/A2.3 s
Memory usage3.0 GB22.1 GB
Memory %9%35%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

lmstudio-community/Phi-…

Speed
24/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

llama3.2:latest

Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

lmstudio-community/Phi-…

Reasoning
8/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
1/20
Structured
1/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
3/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak

llama3.2:latest

Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor 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