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microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 3.8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma4:26b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma4 · 25.2B · Q4_K_M

Not Rec.

Oct 2, 2026 · AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor

Global Score
64 vs 84
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
48 vs 86

Hardware

microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:26b
MachineMac miniSystem manufacturer
CPUApple M4 ProAMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core Processor
Cores1432
RAM64 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
OSmacOS 15.7.4Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 10.0.26300
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

microsoft/phi-4-mi… gemma4:26b
Tokens/sec90.3147.6
First chunk198 ms139 ms
TTFT198 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A21.3 s
Memory usage2.0 GB1.7 GB
Memory %3%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

gemma4:26b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
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

gemma4:26b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
15/15
Math
13/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

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