phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

llama3:latest

llama · 8.0B · Q4_0

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

65 vs 74

Hardware Fit

77 vs 95

Quality Score

57 vs 60

Hardware

phi4:14b llama3:latest

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:latest

Tokens/sec11.122.3

TTFT515 ms295 ms

Load time9.3 s0.8 s

Memory usage13.4 GB5.6 GB

Memory %42%18%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4:14b

Speed

17/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

llama3:latest

Speed

35/40

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:latest

Reasoning

9/20

Coding

9/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

13/15

Math

4/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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