phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
LM-STUDIO MLXphi3 · 4bit
Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
OLLAMA GGUFlfm2 · 1.2B · Q4_K_M
May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro
Global Score
38 vs 60
Hardware Fit
100 vs 80
Quality Score
12 vs 52
Hardware
phi-3-mini-128k-in… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
Cores1014
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M4 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.4.1
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
phi-3-mini-128k-in… lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Tokens/sec44.0227.0
First chunk384 ms60 ms
TTFT385 ms30.0 s
Load timeN/A0.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB2.6 GB
Memory %6%6%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
phi-3-mini-128k-instruct
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30
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
lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b
Reasoning
8/20
Coding
6/20
Instruction
10/20
Structured
7/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Weak Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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