microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
LM-STUDIO MLXqwen3_5 · 27B · 8bit
Aug 19, 2026 · Apple M4 Max
Global Score
64 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 52
Quality Score
48 vs 92
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
Cores1416
RAM64 GB128 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Max
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Tokens/sec90.316.1
First chunk198 ms14 ms
TTFT198 ms5.8 s
Load timeN/A8.5 s
Memory usage2.0 GB0.0 GB
Memory %3%0%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Speed
17/50
TTFT
5/20
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
qwen/qwen3.8-27b
Reasoning
19/20
Coding
16/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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