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Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Performance benchmark · measured on 12.11.2026 15:25

Benchmark-IDrun-20261112-144801-d3ca7e
Timebench 3 - Kombi (Prefill + Generation)Dense3.8BRuntime: lmstudio-mlxQuantisierung: MLX 4bit
Generation41,56tok/s
Prefill1.814,91tok/s
Time to First Token1.554,80ms
Total duration82,46s
Concurrency1parallel
Ranking in the field
1088of 1927 systems

Performance benchmark · Primary metric: Generation-Speed (tok/s) · 1× concurrent

This run is better than 44 % of all comparable systems.
Generation 41,6 tok/s
-46 % vs Ø 77,5
Prefill 1.814,9 tok/s
-36 % vs Ø 2.844,6
Time to First Token 1.555 ms
-93 % vs Ø 23.755
Distribution in the field0 – 471 tok/s
Ø 78 Median Dieser Lauf

Wie schlägt sich dieser Benchmark mit anderen Modellen?

How does this benchmark compare on other GPUs?

Same model on different hardware · 1× concurrent · Generation (tok/s)

Hardware

GPU: Keine GPU (CPU-only)
CPU: Apple M6 (unified CPU/GPU SoC, ARM64, AdvSIMD)
RAM: 24 GB
Mainboard: Apple Mac mini

Setup

Runtime: lmstudio-mlx
Quantization: MLX 4bit
Model: Phi-3.5-mini-instruct

Configuration

benchmark-konfiguration — run-20261112-144801-d3ca7e
# LLM-Benchmark Konfiguration # Modell : Phi-3.5-mini-instruct # Engine : lmstudio-mlx # Run-ID : run-20261112-144801-d3ca7e # GPU : Keine GPU (CPU-only) # CPU : Apple M6 (unified CPU/GPU SoC, ARM64, AdvSIMD) # RAM : 24 GB bench@llm-benchmark:~$ lmstudio-mlx \ --model phi-3.5-mini-instruct
Engine?Die Inferenz-Software, die das Modell ausliefert (z.B. vLLM oder llama.cpp). Sie bestimmt Geschwindigkeit, unterstuetzte Modellformate und welche Parameter ueberhaupt verfuegbar sind.lmstudio-mlx
Kontextlaenge?Maximale Anzahl Tokens (Eingabe + erzeugte Ausgabe zusammen), die das Modell pro Anfrage verarbeiten kann.8192
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Model comparison

Phi-3.5-mini-instruct on various hardware

All published performance runs of this model – each bubble a variant: position = prefill (X) × generation (Y), bubble size = number of runs. Closer to the top right = faster. ★ Marked gold = this benchmark.

GPUby graphics card

38428819296,10,0963.4786.86010.242Prefill (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX - 302,0 tok/s Generation, 8.523 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 9.068 ms (6 Laufe)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXCPU-only - 41,6 tok/s Generation, 1.815 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.555 ms (1 Lauf) | DIESER LAUF★ CPU-only
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 302,0 tok/s★ CPU-only 41,6 tok/s this run

CPUby processor

38428819296,10,005.55311.10716.660Prefill (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX 16-Cores - 302,0 tok/s Generation, 13.699 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.150 ms (3 Laufe)AMD Ryzen Threadrippe...Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4657L v2 @ 2.40GHz - 272,9 tok/s Generation, 3.348 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 16.986 ms (3 Laufe)Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU ...Apple M6 (unified CPU/GPU SoC, ARM64, AdvSIMD) - 41,6 tok/s Generation, 1.815 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.555 ms (1 Lauf) | DIESER LAUF★ Apple M6 (unified CPU...
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX 16-Cores 302,0 tok/sIntel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-4657L v2 @ 2.40GHz 272,9 tok/s★ Apple M6 (unified CPU/GPU SoC, ARM64, AdvSIMD) 41,6 tok/s this run

MBby mainboard

38428819296,10,005.55311.10716.660Prefill (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI - 302,0 tok/s Generation, 13.699 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.150 ms (3 Laufe)ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC....Dell Inc. PowerEdge R820 - 272,9 tok/s Generation, 3.348 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 16.986 ms (3 Laufe)Dell Inc. PowerEdge R...Apple Mac mini - 41,6 tok/s Generation, 1.815 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.555 ms (1 Lauf) | DIESER LAUF★ Apple Mac mini
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WIFI 302,0 tok/sDell Inc. PowerEdge R820 272,9 tok/s★ Apple Mac mini 41,6 tok/s this run

ENGby engine

38428819296,10,005.55311.10716.660Prefill (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)vLLM - 302,0 tok/s Generation, 13.699 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.150 ms (3 Laufe)vLLMllama.cpp - 272,9 tok/s Generation, 3.348 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 16.986 ms (3 Laufe)llama.cpplmstudio-mlx - 41,6 tok/s Generation, 1.815 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 1.555 ms (1 Lauf) | DIESER LAUF★ lmstudio-mlx
vLLM 302,0 tok/sllama.cpp 272,9 tok/s★ lmstudio-mlx 41,6 tok/s this run

DRVby driver

3323173022872727.1117.4147.7168.019Prefill (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)unbekannt - 302,0 tok/s Generation, 7.565 tok/s Prefill, TTFT 7.994 ms (7 Laufe)unbekannt
unbekannt 302,0 tok/s
💰 Economics

Economics of this run

Operating cost, TCO and comparison with the next-best runs of the same model at identical concurrency (1× concurrent). Methodology →

⚙️ ConfigurationAll metrics and charts below follow these settings – based on a 24-month runtime.Save to URLReset
⚡ Electricity price EUR/kWh
⚙️ System utilization 100 %
🔌 Idle 0 W
⚡ TDP 10 W
☁️ External LLM (API)
Electricity0.30 EUR/kWh
Avg power (incl. idle)0 W missing
Avg cost / hour–
Electricity / 1M tokens–
Token / kWh–
Acquisition (system)– partial price
Electricity (2 years)–
TCO (2 years)–
Output tokens (2 years)2.62B
☁️ External LLM (API) – comparison
External LLM cost (2 years)–
Savings vs. external (2 years)–
No power draw measured – values estimated from GPU TDP + CPU (idle + 15 %) + board.

All values above and the charts below take the configured system utilization into account: at X% the system generates only X% of the time, the rest it idles (0 W). Cost per hour drops (more idle), cost per token rises.

Cost over 2 years – electricity only

Cost over 2 years – incl. acquisition (TCO)

Speed vs. tokens per euro

Euro per 1M tokens

Comparison vs. API – economics per benchmark

Phi-3.5-mini-instructKeine GPU (CPU-only)Phi-3.5-mini-instruct2x AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTXPhi-3.5-mini-instruct2x AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Electricity cost (24 mo.)–––
Acquisition cost–––
Total cost (TCO)–––
Generated tokens (24 mo.)–––
Token price via API–––
Break-even point (days)–––
Result (savings / extra cost)–––

Comparison with up to 3 next-best runs of this model at the same concurrency (at least one on different hardware). Power = GPU TDP + CPU (idle + 15 %) + board (estimated), acquisition = full system (GPU + CPU + board + RAM + PSU), prices = stored market prices.

Contributed by

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Ich bin Unternehmer, Softwareentwickler und KI-Enthusiast. Seit vielen Jahren entwickle ich Unternehmenssoftware und beschäftige mich inzwischen fast täglich mit lokalen LLMs, KI-Agenten und leistungsfähiger KI-Hardware.

Mit LLM-Benchmark.de möchte ich eine Plattform schaffen, auf der Modelle, GPUs und Agenten objektiv und reproduzierbar miteinander verglichen werden.