microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
aya-expanse:8b
OLLAMA GGUFcommand-r · 8.0B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 72
Hardware Fit
99 vs 89
Quality Score
46 vs 65
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… aya-expanse:8b
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… aya-expanse:8b
Tokens/sec40.319.7
First chunk289 ms350 ms
TTFT289 ms350 ms
Load timeN/A0.9 s
Memory usage2.0 GB6.2 GB
Memory %6%20%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
aya-expanse:8b
Speed
39/50
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
aya-expanse:8b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
13/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
14/15
Math
4/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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