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phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

rnj-1:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 8.3B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
38 vs 80
Hardware Fit
100 vs 93
Quality Score
12 vs 74

Hardware

phi-3-mini-128k-in… rnj-1:8b
MachineMacBook AirMacBook Pro
CPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM32 GB16 GB
GPUApple M4Apple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

phi-3-mini-128k-in… rnj-1:8b
Tokens/sec44.022.3
First chunk384 ms404 ms
TTFT385 ms404 ms
Load timeN/A3.7 s
Memory usage2.0 GB8.3 GB
Memory %6%52%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

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

rnj-1:8b

Speed
49/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
24/30

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

rnj-1:8b

Reasoning
12/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
5/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Weak Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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