microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma3:1b
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 68
Hardware Fit
99 vs 98
Quality Score
46 vs 55
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma3:1b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma3:1b
Tokens/sec40.339.5
First chunk289 msN/A
TTFT289 ms333 ms
Load timeN/A1.6 s
Memory usage2.0 GB1.3 GB
Memory %6%4%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
gemma3:1b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
28/30
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
gemma3:1b
Reasoning
6/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
12/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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