gemma4:12b-mlx
OLLAMA GGUFJul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
LM-STUDIO MLXlfm2_moe · 24B · 4bit
Mar 19, 2026 · Apple M4
Global Score
91 vs 74
Hardware Fit
96 vs 84
Quality Score
89 vs 69
Hardware
gemma4:12b-mlx liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
MachineMacBook ProMac mini
CPUApple M2 ProApple M4
Cores1010
RAM16 GB24 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced
Performance
gemma4:12b-mlx liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Tokens/sec24.758.9
First chunk610 ms28 ms
TTFT610 ms481 ms
Load time3.6 sN/A
Memory usage7.1 GB17.5 GB
Memory %45%73%
HW Fit Score Breakdown
gemma4:12b-mlx
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
26/30
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Speed
50/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
14/30
Quality
gemma4:12b-mlx
Reasoning
16/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
17/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
liquid/lfm2-24b-a2b
Reasoning
11/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
13/15
Math
8/15
Multilingual
9/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Adequate Multilingual: Strong
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