microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
lfm2.5:8b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M
Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
48 vs 73
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… lfm2.5:8b
MachineMac miniMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1410
RAM64 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… lfm2.5:8b
Tokens/sec90.398.5
First chunk198 ms167 ms
TTFT198 ms2.5 s
Load timeN/A3.0 s
Memory usage2.0 GB6.0 GB
Memory %3%37%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2.5:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30
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
lfm2.5:8b
Reasoning
2/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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