microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 85
Hardware Fit
99 vs 95
Quality Score
46 vs 81
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec40.347.3
First chunk289 ms258 ms
TTFT289 ms258 ms
Load timeN/A5.1 s
Memory usage2.0 GB7.9 GB
Memory %6%49%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
25/30
Quality
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
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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