microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.5-9b
LM-STUDIO GGUFqwen35 · 9B · Q4_K_S
Mar 12, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 84
Hardware Fit
99 vs 91
Quality Score
46 vs 81
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.5-9b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.5-9b
Tokens/sec40.330.2
First chunk289 ms499 ms
TTFT289 ms499 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.0 GB6.7 GB
Memory %6%11%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.5-9b
Speed
41/50
TTFT
20/20
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
qwen3.5-9b
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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