microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 3, 2026 · Apple M4
dolphin-phi:2.7b
OLLAMA GGUFphi2 · 3B · Q4_0
Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
62 vs 61
Hardware Fit
99 vs 100
Quality Score
46 vs 44
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… dolphin-phi:2.7b
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… dolphin-phi:2.7b
Tokens/sec40.356.1
First chunk289 msN/A
TTFT289 ms108 ms
Load timeN/A0.4 s
Memory usage2.0 GB2.2 GB
Memory %6%7%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30
dolphin-phi:2.7b
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
dolphin-phi:2.7b
Reasoning
10/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
2/15
Math
9/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Poor Math: Adequate Multilingual: Adequate
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