microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:31b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma4 · 31.3B · Q4_K_M
Apr 13, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
62 vs 76
Hardware Fit
99 vs 46
Quality Score
46 vs 89
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:31b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:31b
Tokens/sec40.322.4
First chunk289 ms565 ms
TTFT289 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A6.9 s
Memory usage2.0 GB43.9 GB
Memory %6%69%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
gemma4:31b
Speed
30/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
16/30
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
gemma4:31b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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