microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
nemotron-3-nano:4b
OLLAMA GGUFnemotron_h · 4.0B · Q4_K_M
Aug 26, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 93
Hardware Fit
100 vs 95
Quality Score
48 vs 92
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… nemotron-3-nano:4b
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… nemotron-3-nano:4b
Tokens/sec90.331.7
First chunk198 ms270 ms
TTFT198 ms2.9 s
Load timeN/A2.1 s
Memory usage2.0 GB4.1 GB
Memory %3%25%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
15/20
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
nemotron-3-nano:4b
Reasoning
18/20
Coding
17/20
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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