microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
qwen3.6:27b
OLLAMA GGUFqwen35 · 27.8B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
62 vs 20
Hardware Fit
99 vs 34
Quality Score
46 vs 14
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.6:27b
MachineMacBook AirMac mini
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1012
RAM32 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen3.6:27b
Tokens/sec40.310.6
First chunk289 ms1344 ms
TTFT289 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.2 s
Memory usage2.0 GB18.1 GB
Memory %6%75%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
qwen3.6:27b
Speed
22/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
12/30
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
qwen3.6:27b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
1/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
6/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate
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