microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusion-f711-gain-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · MXFP4
Aug 20, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
62 vs 88
Hardware Fit
99 vs 70
Quality Score
46 vs 96
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.8-27b-fable-…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
Cores1016
RAM32 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.8-27b-fable-…
Tokens/sec40.330.4
First chunk289 ms27 ms
TTFT289 ms4.4 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.0 GB19.9 GB
Memory %6%16%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…
Speed
34/50
TTFT
6/20
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
qwen3.8-27b-fable-fusio…
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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