microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
phi4:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
64 vs 75
Hardware Fit
100 vs 79
Quality Score
48 vs 73
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… phi4:14b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… phi4:14b
Tokens/sec90.311.0
First chunk198 msN/A
TTFT198 ms532 ms
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB13.4 GB
Memory %3%42%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
phi4:14b
Speed
19/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
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
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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