ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro
phi4-mini:latest
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 3.8B · Q4_K_M
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
72 vs 71
Hardware Fit
71 vs 100
Quality Score
72 vs 58
Hardware
ministral-3:8b phi4-mini:latest
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M1 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB32 GB
GPUApple M1 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.6.2macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b phi4-mini:latest
Tokens/sec19.836.2
First chunk269 msN/A
TTFT269 ms190 ms
Load time10.7 s0.8 s
Memory usage13.7 GB8.3 GB
Memory %86%26%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
44/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
7/30
phi4-mini:latest
Speed
40/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
phi4-mini:latest
Reasoning
12/20
Coding
10/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
11/15
Math
5/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
Run yours and compare
$
npm install -g metrillm@latest$
metrillmRequires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running
Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest