microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
gemma4:e4b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 7, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 90
Hardware Fit
99 vs 78
Quality Score
46 vs 95
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:e4b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M2 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:e4b-mlx
Tokens/sec40.346.1
First chunk289 ms284 ms
TTFT289 ms3.9 s
Load timeN/A0.1 s
Memory usage2.0 GB10.8 GB
Memory %6%68%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
gemma4:e4b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
12/20
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:e4b-mlx
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
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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