microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano
LM-STUDIO MLXnemotron_h · 30B · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 84
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 77
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… nvidia/nemotron-3-…
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… nvidia/nemotron-3-…
Tokens/sec40.347.9
First chunk289 ms465 ms
TTFT289 ms465 ms
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.0 GB16.6 GB
Memory %6%52%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano
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
nvidia/nemotron-3-nano
Reasoning
13/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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