ministral-3:8b
OLLAMA GGUFmistral3 · 8.9B · Q4_K_M
Jun 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
phi3:14b
OLLAMA GGUFphi3 · 14.0B · Q4_0
Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
79 vs 63
Hardware Fit
98 vs 83
Quality Score
71 vs 55
Hardware
ministral-3:8b phi3:14b
MachineMac miniMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1210
RAM24 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 15.6.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
ministral-3:8b phi3:14b
Tokens/sec41.412.7
First chunk257 msN/A
TTFT257 ms434 ms
Load time5.2 s0.9 s
Memory usage9.0 GB17.7 GB
Memory %38%55%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
ministral-3:8b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
28/30
phi3:14b
Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30
Quality
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
phi3:14b
Reasoning
14/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
14/20
Structured
7/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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