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phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3.1:8b

llama · 8.0B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 69
Hardware Fit
77 vs 93
Quality Score
57 vs 53

Hardware

phi4:14b llama3.1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

phi4:14b llama3.1:8b
Tokens/sec11.120.2
TTFT515 ms481 ms
Load time9.3 s3.4 s
Memory usage13.4 GB10.4 GB
Memory %42%33%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4:14b

Speed
17/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

llama3.1:8b

Speed
33/40
TTFT
30/30
Memory
30/30

Quality

phi4:14b

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

llama3.1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
0/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
13/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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