phi4-mini

Not Rec.

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

gemma3:1b

gemma3 · 999.89M · Q4_K_M

Good

Mar 1, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score

38 vs 65

Hardware Fit

64 vs 100

Quality Score

21 vs 42

Hardware

phi4-mini gemma3:1b

Machine—MacBook Air

CPUApple M4Apple M4

Cores1010

RAM32 GB32 GB

GPUApple M4Apple M4

OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.3

Archarm64arm64

Power Modebalancedunknown

Performance

phi4-mini gemma3:1b

Tokens/sec21.767.5

TTFT11.9 s666 ms

Load time3.5 s7.8 s

Memory usage0.0 GB1.3 GB

Memory %0%4%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

phi4-mini

Speed

31/40

TTFT

3/30

Memory

30/30

gemma3:1b

Speed

40/40

TTFT

30/30

Memory

30/30

Quality

phi4-mini

Reasoning

11/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

0/20

Structured

0/15

Math

5/15

Multilingual

5/10

Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Poor Structured Output: Poor Math: Weak Multilingual: Adequate

gemma3:1b

Reasoning

6/20

Coding

0/20

Instruction

15/20

Structured

12/15

Math

1/15

Multilingual

8/10

Reasoning: Weak Coding: Poor Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Poor Multilingual: Strong

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