ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Mar 6, 2026 · Apple M4
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
76 vs 75
Hardware Fit
89 vs 79
Quality Score
71 vs 73
Hardware
ministral-3:8b phi4:14b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Air
CPUApple M4Apple M4
Cores1010
RAM32 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b phi4:14b
Tokens/sec19.511.0
First chunk328 msN/A
TTFT328 ms532 ms
Load time1.5 s0.7 s
Memory usage10.6 GB13.4 GB
Memory %33%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
39/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
19/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
phi4:14b
Reasoning
15/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
13/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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