microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 72
Hardware Fit
100 vs 71
Quality Score
48 vs 72
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… ministral-3:8b
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… ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec90.319.8
First chunk198 ms269 ms
TTFT198 ms269 ms
Load timeN/A10.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB13.7 GB
Memory %3%86%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:8b
Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
7/30
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
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
13/15
Math
6/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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