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
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 79
Hardware Fit
100 vs 98
Quality Score
48 vs 71
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… ministral-3:8b
MachineMac miniMac mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1412
RAM64 GB24 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.6.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… ministral-3:8b
Tokens/sec90.341.4
First chunk198 ms257 ms
TTFT198 ms257 ms
Load timeN/A5.2 s
Memory usage2.0 GB9.0 GB
Memory %3%38%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
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
ministral-3:8b
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
12/20
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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