microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
gemma3:270m
OLLAMA GGUFgemma3 · 268.10M · Q8_0
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M3 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 50
Hardware Fit
100 vs 97
Quality Score
48 vs 30
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma3:270m
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
Cores1412
RAM64 GB36 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M3 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.5
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma3:270m
Tokens/sec90.3239.2
First chunk198 ms127 ms
TTFT198 ms127 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB0.6 GB
Memory %3%2%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
gemma3:270m
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30
Quality
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Reasoning
7/20
Coding
7/20
Instruction
7/20
Structured
7/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
7/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Weak Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Adequate
gemma3:270m
Reasoning
4/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
8/15
Math
1/15
Multilingual
5/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Weak
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