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phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

LM-STUDIO MLX

phi3 · 4bit

Not Rec.

Mar 4, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma4:e2b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Aug 25, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
38 vs 82
Hardware Fit
100 vs 99
Quality Score
12 vs 75

Hardware

phi-3-mini-128k-in… gemma4:e2b-mlx
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… gemma4:e2b-mlx
Tokens/sec44.070.4
First chunk384 ms96 ms
TTFT385 ms96 ms
Load timeN/A2.5 s
Memory usage2.0 GB5.7 GB
Memory %6%36%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi-3-mini-128k-instruct

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
29/30

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

gemma4:e2b-mlx

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
14/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong
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