microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 4bit
Oct 20, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 78
Hardware Fit
99 vs 56
Quality Score
46 vs 87
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Tokens/sec40.310.8
First chunk289 ms8 ms
TTFT289 ms2.6 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.0 GB21.0 GB
Memory %6%66%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.8-27b-mlx
Speed
23/50
TTFT
16/20
Memory
17/30
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-mlx
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
11/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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