microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3:0.6b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen3 · 751.63M · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 73
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 62
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3:0.6b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3:0.6b
Tokens/sec40.3145.2
First chunk289 msN/A
TTFT289 ms1.4 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB4.1 GB
Memory %6%13%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3:0.6b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
qwen3:0.6b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
11/20
Structured
13/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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