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gemma4:12b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF
Excellent

Jul 4, 2026 · Apple M2 Pro

lfm2.5:8b

OLLAMA GGUF

lfm2moe · 8.5B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Aug 24, 2026 · Apple M1 Pro

Global Score
84 vs 80
Hardware Fit
82 vs 95
Quality Score
85 vs 73

Hardware

gemma4:12b-mlx lfm2.5:8b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
Cores1010
RAM16 GB16 GB
GPUApple M2 ProApple M1 Pro
OSmacOS 26.5macOS 26.6.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:12b-mlx lfm2.5:8b
Tokens/sec27.298.5
First chunk732 ms167 ms
TTFT8.1 s2.5 s
Load time3.5 s3.0 s
Memory usage7.1 GB6.0 GB
Memory %44%37%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:12b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
6/20
Memory
26/30

lfm2.5:8b

Speed
50/50
TTFT
17/20
Memory
28/30

Quality

gemma4:12b-mlx

Reasoning
16/20
Coding
17/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

lfm2.5:8b

Reasoning
2/20
Coding
12/20
Instruction
19/20
Structured
15/15
Math
15/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Poor Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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