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phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

llama-3.2-1b-instruct

LM-STUDIO GGUF

llama · 1B · Q4_K_M

Marginal

Mar 5, 2026 · Intel Core™ i5-5300U

Global Score
38 vs 50
Hardware Fit
100 vs 79
Quality Score
12 vs 37

Hardware

phi-3-mini-128k-in… llama-3.2-1b-instr…
MachineMacBook AirLENOVO 20BUS00700
CPUApple M4Intel Core™ i5-5300U
Cores104
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
OSmacOS 26.3Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel 10.0.19045
Archarm64x64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi-3-mini-128k-in… llama-3.2-1b-instr…
Tokens/sec44.09.9
First chunk384 ms1668 ms
TTFT385 ms1.7 s
Load timeN/AN/A
Memory usage2.0 GB0.8 GB
Memory %6%5%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

llama-3.2-1b-instruct

Speed
32/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

Reasoning
3/20
Coding
2/20
Instruction
2/20
Structured
1/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
2/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Poor Multilingual: Poor

llama-3.2-1b-instruct

Reasoning
4/20
Coding
3/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
10/15
Math
2/15
Multilingual
8/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Adequate Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong
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