llama3.2:1b

llama · 1.2B · Q8_0

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

phi4:14b

phi3 · 14.7B · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

63 vs 75

Hardware Fit

100 vs 79

Quality Score

39 vs 73

Hardware

llama3.2:1b phi4:14b

Machine—MacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

llama3.2:1b phi4:14b

Tokens/sec28.211.0

TTFT199 ms532 ms

Load time1.8 s0.7 s

Memory usage4.3 GB13.4 GB

Memory %13%42%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

llama3.2:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

phi4:14b

Speed

19/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

llama3.2:1b

Reasoning

4/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

14/20

Structured

13/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

7/10

Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Adequate

phi4:14b

Reasoning

15/20

Coding

18/20

Instruction

10/20

Structured

13/15

Math

7/15

Multilingual

10/10

Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

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