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phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

qwen3:8b

qwen3 · 8.2B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
65 vs 50
Hardware Fit
77 vs 67
Quality Score
57 vs 38

Hardware

phi4:14b qwen3:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modeunknownbalanced

Performance

phi4:14b qwen3:8b
Tokens/sec11.118.7
TTFT515 ms12.1 s
Load time9.3 s1.2 s
Memory usage13.4 GB9.5 GB
Memory %42%30%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4:14b

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

qwen3:8b

Speed
31/40
TTFT
6/30
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

qwen3:8b

Reasoning
5/20
Coding
5/20
Instruction
4/20
Structured
12/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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