microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 3.8B · 4bit
Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
llama3.2:latest
OLLAMA GGUFllama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M
Feb 28, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
64 vs 73
Hardware Fit
100 vs 100
Quality Score
48 vs 61
Hardware
microsoft/phi-4-mi… llama3.2:latest
MachineMac miniMac Mini
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
Cores1414
RAM64 GB64 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 15.7.4macOS 15.7.4
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedunknown
Performance
microsoft/phi-4-mi… llama3.2:latest
Tokens/sec90.398.9
First chunk198 msN/A
TTFT198 ms125 ms
Load timeN/A2.3 s
Memory usage2.0 GB22.1 GB
Memory %3%35%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
microsoft/phi-4-mini-re…
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
llama3.2:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
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
llama3.2:latest
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
12/20
Structured
12/15
Math
3/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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