microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8-2B-Distill-GGUF:BF16
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 1.94B · BF16
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 76
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 66
Hardware
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MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
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Tokens/sec40.340.3
First chunk289 ms101 ms
TTFT289 ms101 ms
Load timeN/A2.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB4.5 GB
Memory %6%28%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…
Speed
50/50
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
hf.co/empero-ai/Qwen3.8…
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
15/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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