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microsoft/phi-4-mini-reasoning

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 3.8B · 4bit

Good

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

llama3.2:latest

OLLAMA GGUF

llama · 3.2B · Q4_K_M

Good

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

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

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Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest